The address of a cell in Google sheets can be specified in two ways: either as a letter-number pair like C5, or as a pair of numbers like "row 5, column 3". Some formulas may be easier to specify on one way or the other, so it's useful to know how to convert from one form to the other and back. ROW() and COLUMN() take addresses in A1 format and return the number of the row and column respectively.

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The address of a cell in Google sheets can be specified in two ways: either as a letter-number pair like C5, or as a pair of numbers like "row 5, column 3". Some formulas may be easier to specify on one way or the other, so it's useful to know how to convert from one form to the other and back.

  • ROW() and COLUMN() take addresses in A1 format and return the number of the row and column respectively.
  • ADDRESS() takes numeric row and column inputs and returns the address in A1 format. It also has an option argument to specify the relativity of the addresses: 1 (the default) returns absolute addresses; 2, 3, and 4 return row absolute, column absolute, and relative addresses respectively.

In this chapter you'll be working with Indian butterfly data from Singh and Pandey.

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  • In column H, get the row numbers of the Locality column.
  • In column I, get the column numbers of that column.
  • In column J, convert columns H and I back to addresses in $A$1 absolute format.
  • In column K, convert columns H and I back to addresses in A1 relative format.
  • Area Locality Skipper Swallowtail White-yellow Blue Brush-footed Row Column Absolute Relative
    Indian Subcontinent Indian Subcontinent 307 94 99 458 482 2 2    
    Western Himalaya Western Himalaya 63 31 42 129 152 3 2    
    Western Himalaya Kangra Hills 25 23 37 56 87 4 2    
    Western Himalaya Shimla Hills 41 21 34 88 115 5 2    
    Western Himalaya Dehradun Valley 22 11 19 42 54 6 2    
    Western Himalaya Mussoorie Hills 54 23 32 88 126 7 2    
    Western Himalaya Mussoorie Town 14 10 13 44 65 8 2    
    Western Himalaya Kumaon Hills 52 26 37 109 147 9 2    
    Central Himalaya Central Himalaya 125 43 49 185 221 10 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar North East India + North Myanmar 211 69 57 284 342 11 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar North East India 189 62 52 258 292 12 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar Sikkim 159 55 51 162 263 13 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar Darjeeling 27 29 32 48 126 14 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar Naga Hills 67 38 30 110 178 15 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar Manipur 119 18 1 126 57 16 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar Khasia Hills 98 42 36 128 207 17 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar Khasia + Jaintia Hills 132 49 40 166 209 18 2    
    North East India + North Myanmar Mizoram Hills 59 13 26 77 101 19 2    
    Other parts of India Kolkata 32 10 19 57 49 20 2    
    Other parts of India South Bihar 18 9 12 46 39 21 2    
    Other parts of India North Bihar 19 10 23 38 61 22 2    
    Other parts of India Lucknow 15 7 19 33 35 23 2    
    Other parts of India Dehli 11 4 20 22 20 24 2    
    Other parts of India Mhow 12 4 29 31 34 25 2    
    Other parts of India Jodhpur 14 6 21 20 17 26 2    
    Other parts of India Kathiawar 11 5 19 22 21 27 2    
    Other parts of India North Gujarat 4 5 18 17 15 28 2    
    Other parts of India South Gujarat 22 10 25 46 42 29 2    
    Other parts of India Pune 19 10 50 41 44 30 2    
    Other parts of India Konkan 23 11 19 35 42 31 2    
    Other parts of India Karwar 54 16 21 66 66 32 2    
    Other parts of India Coorg 60 18 31 80 89 33 2    
    Other parts of India Bangalore 20 9 25 50 36 34 2    
    Other parts of India Travancore 37 15 26 58 84 35 2    
    Other parts of India Palani Hills 46 15 30 83 75 36 2    
    Other parts of India Nilgiri Hills 64 23 35 82 90 37 2    
    Other parts of India Eastern Ghats 23 12 21 31 30 38 2    
    Other parts of India Sikanderabad 7 5 14 20 24 39 2    
    Other parts of India Andaman Nikobar 42 13 20 68 74 40 2    
    Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 48 15 29 82 68 41 2    
    North Myanmar Chindwin District 65 24 26 81 124 42 2    
    North Myanmar Arakan coast 21 15 21 42 60 43 2    
    North Myanmar Shan States 28 16 25 64 95 44 2    
    South Myanmar South Myanmar 189 50 40 272 237 45 2    
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