14.8.2.20 :rownames

The :rownames header argument can take on the values yes or no, with a default value of no.

• no No row name pre-processing will take place.
• yes The first column of the table is removed from the table before processing, and is then reapplied to the results.

            #+TBLNAME: with-rownames
            | one | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |  5 |
            | two | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
            
            #+NAME: echo-table-once-again
            #+BEGIN_SRC python :var tab=with-rownames :rownames yes
              return [[val + 10 for val in row] for row in tab]
            #+END_SRC
            
            #+RESULTS: echo-table-once-again
            | one | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
            | two | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
  

  Please note that row names are not removed before the table is indexed using variable indexing See Indexable variable values.