new_contents: """
  Solution to non code-eval question:
  Here is an interview question that I got recently. I thought it was interesting; so I thought I would share... Below is an example table. This is just a short 4 x 4 representation; the data has no bounds & it is not necessary to solve the problem.
  So when row=1 & column=1, the returned value is 1. When row=1 & column=2, the returned value is empty (or null). And so on. So If you wanted to know the value at row=987 & column=23, your function would return the value at that cell. Enjoy!
  
  ```+------+------+------+------+
  |      |      |      |      |
  |  1   | null | null | null |
  |      |      |      |      |
  +---------------------------+
  |      |      |      |      |
  |  2   |  3   | null | null |
  |      |      |      |      |
  +---------------------------+
  |      |      |      |      |
  |  4   |  5   |  6   | null |
  |      |      |      |      |
  +---------------------------+
  |      |      |      |      |
  |  7   |  8   |  9   |  10  |
  |      |      |      |      |
  +------+------+------+------+
  """
  import sys
  
  
  def row_col1(row):
      """Given row number, return value of number in first column."""
      if row == 1:
          return 1
      else:
          return int(row - 1 + row_col1(row-1))
  
  
  def main(row, column):
      """Given row and column output number."""
      num = int(column) - 1 + row_col1(int(row))
      print num
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      row, column = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
      main(row, column)
  
subject: Add table.py solution.