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Converting from int to alphabetical letter

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I used the Format Data by Examples tool to try to describe what I want to do. A screenshot is below, but basically I need to convert numbers to letters such that 1 would be "a", 2 would be "b" and so on. When I get to 27, it should do "aa" and 28 should be "ab".

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The formula interpreter doesn't seem to know what I am asking for, so I was wondering if this is the wrong way to go about solving this problem and if I should try a different way. 

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    NickMerrick Profile Picture
    419 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    I started with setting up variables for your numeric input, then, setups  a Parse JSON with a prewritten table showing 26 numbers to letters. 

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    [{"Number": 1,"Letter": "a"},
     {"Number": 2,"Letter": "b"},
     {"Number": 3,"Letter": "c"},
     {"Number": 4,"Letter": "d"},
     {"Number": 5,"Letter": "e"},
     {"Number": 6,"Letter": "f"},
     {"Number": 7,"Letter": "g"},
     {"Number": 8,"Letter": "h"},
     {"Number": 9,"Letter": "i"},
     {"Number": 10,"Letter": "j"},
     {"Number": 11,"Letter": "k"},
     {"Number": 12,"Letter": "l"},
     {"Number": 13,"Letter": "m"},
     {"Number": 14,"Letter": "n"},
     {"Number": 15,"Letter": "o"},
     {"Number": 16,"Letter": "p"},
     {"Number": 17,"Letter": "q"},
     {"Number": 18,"Letter": "r"},
     {"Number": 19,"Letter": "s"},
     {"Number": 20,"Letter": "t"},
     {"Number": 21,"Letter": "u"},
     {"Number": 22,"Letter": "v"},
     {"Number": 23,"Letter": "w"},
     {"Number": 24,"Letter": "x"},
     {"Number": 25,"Letter": "y"},
     {"Number": 26,"Letter": "z"}]

    Then find how what leader number you have with this expression in an integer variable I named leading

    div(triggerBody()['number'],26)

     then a condition if Leading is greater than 0

    in the no branch, its just a filter array

    NickMerrick_0-1690577430044.png

    if its greater than 0, meaning there is a leading number, expression for the base letter filter array is

    sub(variables('initialinteger'),mul(variables('Leading'),26))

    NickMerrick_1-1690577483883.png

     

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