def importHelper(self, struct):
        m = StrStrHashMap()
        keysAndValues = struct.get(self.__field)
        for i in range(0, len(keysAndValues), 2):
            m[keysAndValues[i]] = keysAndValues[i+1]
        return m
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