An interesting problem

[McGlinchy, Alistair]

> Thanks Alastair, it's now about 10 seconds to process rather than an 
> over an hour.
> 
> >                         print "Range ($x_start,$y_start) ,
> > ($x_end,$y_end) is better with $val\n";
> >                         @result = ($x_start,$y_start,$x_end,$y_end);
> I did find that it's actually returning row,column row,column rather 
> than column row.

Ah, yes the sense for row/columns is revered, woops. Here's a patch for
you're Excel work.

my $c="A"; 
my @excel_col = map {$c++} (1..256);

sub excel_coord {
    my ($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2) =@_;
    return sprintf( "%s%s:%s%s",
        $excel_col[$y1], $x1+1,
        $excel_col[$y2], $x2+1
    )
}


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