Fancy Table (for Sab)

gistfile1.py

fancyTable = lambda table: '\n'.join("%%%ss " * min(map(len, table)) % tuple(max(map(len, x)) for x in zip(*table)) % tuple(x)[:min(map(len, table))] for x in table)

# You can try it by opening python and running:
# >>> fancyTable = lambda table: '\n'.join("%%%ss " * min(map(len, table)) % tuple(max(map(len, x)) for x in zip(*table)) % tuple(x)[:min(map(len, table))] for x in table)
# >>> print fancyTable([['Text', '1', 'a'], ['Longer Text', '123', 'abc'], ['Even longer text!', '123456789', 'abcdefghi']])
#              Text         1         a 
#       Longer Text       123       abc 
# Even longer text! 123456789 abcdefghi