Code Golf: Numeric equivalent of an Excel column name

Answer 1

C# 156 146 118 Chars

using System.Linq;class P{static void Main(string[]a){System.Console.Write(
a[0].Aggregate(0,(t,c)=>(t+c-64)*26)/26);}}

Ungolfed:

using System.Linq;
class P
{
    static void Main(string[] a)
    {
        System.Console.Write(a[0]
            .Aggregate(0, (t, c) => (t + c - 64) * 26) / 26);
    }
}