Package com.itextpdf.kernel.numbering

Class AlphabetNumbering

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.kernel.numbering.AlphabetNumbering

       public class AlphabetNumbering extends Object
      

This is a general class for alphabet numbering. You can specify an alphabet and convert an integer into the corresponding alphabet number representation. E.g.: if the alphabet is English letters 'a' to 'z', then 1 is represented as "a", ..., 26 is represented as "z", 27 is represented as "aa" and so on.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AlphabetNumbering()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	toAlphabetNumber(int number, char[] alphabet)	Translates a positive integer (not equal to zero) into an alphabet number using the letters from the specified alphabet.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AlphabetNumbering

             public AlphabetNumbering()
            

Method Details

toAlphabetNumber

             public static String toAlphabetNumber
             (int number, char[] alphabet)
            

Translates a positive integer (not equal to zero) into an alphabet number using the letters from the specified alphabet.

Parameters:

number - the number

alphabet - the array containing all possible letters from the alphabet

Returns:

a translated number representation