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| # Edit: Changes inspired by comments from HN users jules and anthonyb | |
| import os | |
| for i in range(1,20): | |
| os.system("wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/bearwithclaws.baconfile.com/hackermonthly-issue%03d.zip" % i) |
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| """ | |
| This is an overly complicated method I threw together to do something I could have easily done by | |
| tallying on paper or something similar. That's not how I roll. | |
| The method below will calculate the numerical position of a spreadsheet column based on its alphabetic | |
| representation. I use a lot of VBA and Excel formulas at work that need this information to function | |
| properly and I got tired to counting these columns manually - a real chore when you start getting into | |
| columns represented by multiple characters. | |
| NOTE: Excel is kind of inconsistent with its numbering format. Depending on what you're trying to |
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