# cell2cr ("D18") => (4, 18)
sub cell2cr {
    ref $_[0] eq __PACKAGE__ and shift;
    my ($cc, $r) = (uc ($_[0]||"") =~ m/^([A-Z]+)([0-9]+)$/) or return (0, 0);
    my $c = 0;
    while ($cc =~ s/^([A-Z])//) {
        $c = 26 * $c + 1 + ord ($1) - ord ("A");
        }
    ($c, $r);
    } # cell2cr