Jeff Trull <edaskel@att.net> writes:

>> During export, table may be not the same as it appears in the original
>> document - some rows may be omitted. `org-export-table-row-number'
>> returns the coordinates in as-exported table, not in the original table.
>>
>
> Agreed. I believe this behavior contradicts its documentation string:
>
> "... Return value is zero-indexed and ignores separators.  The function
> returns nil
> for special rows and separators."
>
> The language is different for what rows are ignored ("separators") and for
> what cells it will
> return nil ("special rows and separators"). This is consistent with the
> user-facing addresses,
> which do not consider separator rows, but do consider column alignment rows.

What about the attached patch?