Code RoomExcel column number
EasyPrep Room Coding #1627

Excel column number

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresEntry–Mid~15 min

Given a spreadsheet column title (A, B, ..., Z, AA, AB, ...), return its 1-based column number.

Implement
title_to_number(s: str) → int
Examples
in["A"]out1
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
["A"]1not run yetsample