wardley.love/0046-to_key

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to_key = function(n)
-- represent an integer n in base-26 using a-z
local result = {}
n = math.floor(n)
local a = string.byte('a')
while n > 0 do
local digit = n % 26
table.insert(result, 1, string.char(digit+a))
n = math.floor(n/26)
end
if #result == 0 then
return 'a'
end
return table.concat(result)
end