Convert column index into corresponding column letter

I need to convert a Google Spreadsheet column index into its corresponding letter value, for example, given a spreadsheet:

I need to do this (this function obviously does not exist, it's an example):

getColumnLetterByIndex(4);  // this should return "D"
getColumnLetterByIndex(1);  // this should return "A"
getColumnLetterByIndex(6);  // this should return "F"

Now, I don't recall exactly if the index starts from 0 or from 1, anyway the concept should be clear.

I didn't find anything about this on gas documentation.. am I blind? Any idea?

Thank you

I wrote these a while back for various purposes (will return the double-letter column names for column numbers > 26):

function columnToLetter(column)
{
  var temp, letter = '';
  while (column > 0)
  {
    temp = (column - 1) % 26;
    letter = String.fromCharCode(temp + 65) + letter;
    column = (column - temp - 1) / 26;
  }
  return letter;
}

function letterToColumn(letter)
{
  var column = 0, length = letter.length;
  for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
  {
    column += (letter.charCodeAt(i) - 64) * Math.pow(26, length - i - 1);
  }
  return column;
}

This works good

=REGEXEXTRACT(ADDRESS(ROW(); COLUMN()); "[A-Z]+")

even for columns beyond Z.

Simply replace COLUMN() with your column number. The value of ROW() doesn't matter.

=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,COLUMN(),4), "1", "")

This takes your cell, gets it's address as e.g. C1, and removes the "1".

How it works

• COLUMN() gives the number of the column of the cell.
• ADDRESS(1, ..., <format>) gives an address of a cell, in format speficied by <format> parameter. 4 means the address you know - e.g. C1.
  • The row doesn't matter here, so we use 1.
  • See ADDRESS docs
• Finally, SUBSTITUTE(..., "1", "") replaces the 1 in the address C1, so you're left with the column letter.

No need to reinvent the wheel here, use the GAS range instead:

 var column_index = 1; // your column to resolve
 
 var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
 var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
 var range = sheet.getRange(1, column_index, 1, 1);

 Logger.log(range.getA1Notation().match(/([A-Z]+)/)[0]); // Logs "A"