Column Number to Column Name

Column Number to Column Name: Easiest Approach by Replacing a Cell Address

Please find the following details about conversion from Column Number to Column Name in Excel VBA. Here we are referring a cell address.

'Easiest approach by Replacing a Cell address
Function fnColumnToLetter_CellAdressReplace(ByVal ColumnNumber As Integer)
    fnColumnToLetter_CellAdressReplace = Replace(Replace(Cells(1, ColumnNumber).Address, "1", ""), "$", "")
End Function

Column Number to Column Name: Example and Output

Please find the below example. It will show you how to get column name from column number using Excel VBA. In the below example ‘fnColumnToLetter_CellAdressReplace’ is a function name, which is written above. And “105” represents the row number of ‘fnColumnToLetter_CellAdressReplace’ function parameter.

Sub sbNumerToLetter_ExampleMacro()
    MsgBox "Column Name is : " & fnColumnToLetter_CellAdressReplace(105)
End Sub 

Output: Press ‘F5’ or click on Run button to run the above procedure. Please find the following output, which is shown in the following screen shot.

Column Number to Column Name: By Referring Excel Range and Using SPLIT Function

Please find the following details about conversion from Column Number to Column Name in Excel VBA. Here we are referring Excel range and ‘Split’ function.

'By refering Excel Range and using SPLIT function
Function fnColumnToLetter_Split(ByVal intColumnNumber As Integer)
    fnColumnToLetter_Split = Split(Cells(1, intColumnNumber).Address, "$")(1)
End Function

Column Number to Column Name: Example and Output

Please find the below example. It will show you how to get column name from column number using Excel VBA. In the below example ‘fnColumnToLetter_Split’ is a function name, which is written above. And “15” represents the row number of ‘fnColumnToLetter_Split’ function parameter.

Sub sbNumerToLetter_ExampleMacro1()
    MsgBox "Column Name is : " & fnColumnToLetter_Split(15)
End Sub

Output: Press ‘F5’ or click on Run button to run the above procedure. Please find the following output, which is shown in the following screen shot.

Column Number to Column Name: Using Chr Function and Do While loop

Please find the following details about conversion from Column Number to Column Name in Excel VBA. Here we are referring a ‘Chr’ function and Do While loop.

'Using chr function and Do  while loop
Function fnColumnToLetter_DoLoop(ByVal intColumnNumber As Integer) As String
    Dim bColDenom As Byte
    fnColumnToLetter_DoLoop = ""
    Do
        bColDenom = ((intColumnNumber - 1) Mod 26)
        fnColumnToLetter_DoLoop = Chr(bColDenom + 65) & fnColumnToLetter_DoLoop
        intColumnNumber = (intColumnNumber - bColDenom)  26
    Loop While intColumnNumber > 0
End Function

Column Number to Column Name: Example and Output

Please find the below example. It will show you how to get column name from column number using Excel VBA. In the below example ‘fnColumnToLetter_DoLoop’ is a function name, which is written above. And “10” represents the row number of ‘fnColumnToLetter_DoLoop’ function parameter.

Sub sbNumerToLetter_ExampleMacro2()
    MsgBox "Column Name is : " & fnColumnToLetter_DoLoop(10)
End Sub

Output: Press ‘F5’ or click on Run button to run the above procedure. Please find the following output, which is shown in the following screen shot.

Column Number to Column Name: Using Recursive Approach

Please find the following details about conversion from Column Number to Column Name in Excel VBA. Here we are using recursive approach.

'Using Recursive Approach
Function fnColumnToLetter_Rec(intColumnNumber As Integer) As String
    If intColumnNumber > 26 Then
        fnColumnToLetter_Rec = fnColumnToLetter_Rec((intColumnNumber - ((intColumnNumber - 1) Mod 26)) / 26) + Chr((intColumnNumber - 1) Mod 26 + 65)
    Else
        fnColumnToLetter_Rec = Chr(intColumnNumber + 64)
    End If
End Function

Column Number to Column Name: Example and Output

Here is the example macro procedure. It will show you how to get column name from column number using Excel VBA. In the below example “fnColumnToLetter_Rec” is a function name, which is written above. And “4” represents the row number of “fnColumnToLetter_Rec” function parameter.

Sub sbNumerToLetter_ExampleMacro3()
    MsgBox "Column Name is : " & fnColumnToLetter_Rec(4)
End Sub

Output: Press ‘F5’ or click on Run button to run the above procedure. Please find the following output, which is shown in the following screen shot.

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