How to convert a letter to a number in a cell array? Number = alphabetical order location. i.e. A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc.

Hello, I have a cell array full of letters and I want to convert them to there corresponding alphabetical order location. For example A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc.
Each row in my cell array is just a single capitalized letter like so: {'A'}
Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

cell2mat(yourcellarray) - 'A' + 1

[Stephen Zambrzycki]

Works perfectly!!! Thank you!!