#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

sub convert26 {
    my $v = 0;
    $v = ($v * 26 + $_ - ord('a') + 1) for unpack("C*",shift);
    $v;
}

while (<DATA>) {
    chomp;
    print "$_: ",convert26($_),$/;
}

__DATA__
a
z
aa
az
ba
zz
aaa

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Output:

a: 1
z: 26
aa: 27
az: 52
ba: 53
zz: 702
aaa: 703

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dragonchild

In reply to Re: Alpha base-26 to base-10... by pfaut
in thread Alpha base-26 to base-10... by eduardo

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