Excel column number from column name

Question

How to get the column number from column name in Excel using Excel macro?

Answer 1

I think you want this?

Column Name to Column Number

Sub Sample()
    ColName = "C"
    Debug.Print Range(ColName & 1).Column
End Sub

Edit: Also including the reverse of what you want

Column Number to Column Name

Sub Sample()
    ColNo = 3
    Debug.Print Split(Cells(, ColNo).Address, "$")(1)
End Sub

FOLLOW UP

Like if i have salary field at the very top lets say at cell C(1,1) now if i alter the file and shift salary column to some other place say F(1,1) then i will have to modify the code so i want the code to check for Salary and find the column number and then do rest of the operations according to that column number.

In such a case I would recommend using .FIND See this example below

Option Explicit

Sub Sample()
    Dim strSearch As String
    Dim aCell As Range

    strSearch = "Salary"

    Set aCell = Sheet1.Rows(1).Find(What:=strSearch, LookIn:=xlValues, _
    LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
    MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False)

    If Not aCell Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Value Found in Cell " & aCell.Address & _
        " and the Cell Column Number is " & aCell.Column
    End If
End Sub

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