diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
index 5d86e45bb..796491dc5 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
@@ -4418,13 +4418,13 @@ public class Table {
 
   public FloatDict getFloatDict(int keyColumn, int valueColumn) {
     return new FloatDict(getStringColumn(keyColumn),
-                       getFloatColumn(valueColumn));
+                         getFloatColumn(valueColumn));
   }
 
 
   public StringDict getStringDict(String keyColumnName, String valueColumnName) {
     return new StringDict(getStringColumn(keyColumnName),
-                         getStringColumn(valueColumnName));
+                          getStringColumn(valueColumnName));
   }
 
 
@@ -4434,6 +4434,26 @@ public class Table {
   }
 
 
+  public Map<String, TableRow> getRowMap(String columnName) {
+    int col = getColumnIndex(columnName);
+    return (col == -1) ? null : getRowMap(col);
+  }
+
+
+  public Map<String, TableRow> getRowMap(int column) {
+    Map<String, TableRow> outgoing = new HashMap<>();
+    for (int row = 0; row < getRowCount(); row++) {
+      String id = getString(row, column);
+      outgoing.put(id, new RowPointer(this, row));
+    }
+//    for (TableRow row : rows()) {
+//      String id = row.getString(column);
+//      outgoing.put(id, row);
+//    }
+    return outgoing;
+  }
+
+
   // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
 
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 6c82a318e..aa0e23064 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 0253 (3.2.1)
 X implement defaultUncaughtExceptionHandler
 X   helps avoid needing to double-quit OS X applications
+X add getRowMap() function
+_   do we want rows() to not be transient?
 
 
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