On the Subject of a Coordinate Grid
Column first or row first?
All information pertaining to the module can be found in the original manual.
Table 1: grid size formats
Format | How to interpret |
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x | The number x is a product of two primes. The grid’s width is the larger prime, the height the smaller. |
(x) | Same as x, but width and height are swapped. |
x×y | x is the width, y the height of the grid. |
x by y | x is the height, y the width of the grid. |
x*y | x is the total size of the grid, y the height. |
x : y | x is the total size of the grid, y the width. |
Table 2: grid location formats
[x,y] | Column, then row; top-left is [0,0]. |
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letter number | Column, then row; top-left is A1. |
<x, y> | Row, then column; top-left is <0, 0>. |
x, y | Row, then column; top-left is 1, 1. |
(x,y) | Column, then row; bottom-left is (0,0). |
letter-number | Column, then row; bottom-left is A-1. |
“x, y” | Row, then column; bottom-left is “0, 0”. |
x/y | Row, then column; bottom-left is 1/1. |
[x] | Cell number in scanline order[1]; top-left is [0]. |
xth | Cell number in scanline order[1]; top-left is 1st. |
#x | Cell number in Cartesian order[2]; bottom-left is #1. |
四十七 | Cell number in Chinese reading order[3]; top-right is 一. See Table 3 for Chinese numerals reference. The example shown here represents the number 47. |
Table 3: Chinese numerals
一 | 1 | 六 | 6 |
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二 | 2 | 七 | 7 |
三 | 3 | 八 | 8 |
四 | 4 | 九 | 9 |
五 | 5 | 十 | 10 |
[1] Scanline order, also known as reading order, starts at the top-left, moves right across the row, and then continues likewise with each row from top to bottom.
[2] Cartesian order, also known as geometric order, starts at the bottom-left, moves right across the row, and then continues likewise with each row from bottom to top.
[3] Traditional Chinese reading order starts at the top-right, moves down the column, and then continues likewise with each column from right to left.