Get column number from column name

Question

Is there any method to get the column number from the column name?

I can only retrieve the column name, and I need the column number for getCellMeta.

Thanks

Answer 1

Made this function that solved my problem:

function GetColFromName(name)
{
    var n_cols  =   $editorTableContainer.handsontable('countCols');
    var i       =   1;     

    for (i=1; i<=n_cols; i++)
    {
        if (name.toLowerCase() == $editorTableContainer.handsontable('getColHeader', i).toLowerCase()) {
            return i;
        }
    }
    return -1; //return -1 if nothing can be found
}

Answer 2

This is almost what I required but not quite as I needed the column prop. I couldn't find the answer anywhere so thought I would add this to the thread that helped me.

instead of using 'getColHeader' use 'colToProp'.

Answer 3

Use propToCol("Column Name"). This returns the column's index.