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How to convert letter to number or vice versa in Excel?

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If you have a list of letters of an alphabet, and now you want to convert these letters to their relative numbers, such as A=1, B=2, C=3… And in other cases, you need to reverse this option to change the numbers to their associated letters. Have you ever tried to solve this task in Excel worksheet?


Convert letter to number with formula

To convert the letters to relative numbers, you can use the following formula:

1. In a blank cell besides your data, for example, cell D2, please enter below formula, and press Enter key.

=COLUMN(INDIRECT(B3&1))

a screenshot of using formula to convert the letter A to its associated number

2. Then drag the fill handle over to the range that you want to apply this formula, and the letters have been converted to their relative numbers as below screenshot shown:
a screenshot of dragging the fill handle to convert all letters in the list to numbers

Easily convert multiple numbers to currency words in bulk in Excel

It’s easy to manually convert the currency $357.6 to the currency word of three hundred fifty-seven dollars and sixty cents. But how about converting hundreds of numbers to currency words. Use the amazing Numbers to Currency Words feature of Kutools of Excel, and batch convert numbers to currency words easily in Excel.

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Convert number to letter with formula

If you want to convert the integer numbers which are in the range of 1 to 26 to the corresponding letters, the following formula can do you a favor.

1. In a blank cell besides your data, for example, cell D3, please enter below formula, and press the Enter key.

=MID("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",B3,1)

a screenshot of using formula to convert number to its associated letter

2. Then drag the fill handle over to the range that you want to contain this formula, and the numbers have been converted to their relative letters as you need. See screenshot:
a screenshot of dragging the fill handle to convert all numbers in the list to letters

Tip:
(1) If the number is greater than 26, the formula will return empty;
(2) If the number is less than 1, the formula will return #VALUE! error value;
(3) If the number is a decimal number, the formula will trim number to a whole number and then calculate.


Convert number to currency text with an amazing tool

If have installed Kutools for Excel, you can use its Numbers to Currency Words feature to convert all selected numbers to currency words in bulk in Excel.

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1. Select the numbers you will convert to currency word, and click Kutools > Content > Numbers to Words.

2. In the Numbers to Currency Words dialog, please check English or Chinese option as you need, and click the Ok button.
a screenshot of selecting a language you want to convert to

Now you will see all selected numbers are converted to currency words in bulk. See screenshot:
a screenshot showing the converting results


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