def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def row_col(self, ind):
        i = 0
        for r in range(self.nr):
            for c in range(self.nc):
                if i == ind:
                    return r, c
                i += 1