create table from plain data list with rows, columns in each chunk

tablize.clj

(defn tablize [coll rows cols]
  (map (fn [p] 
    (map #(take cols (take-nth rows (drop % p))) (range rows))) 
  (partition-all (* rows cols) coll)))

tablize.py

from itertools import izip

def tablize(coll, rows, cols):
    s = rows*cols
    l = len(coll)
    return izip(*(
                map(lambda p: p[r::rows], 
                    (coll[i*s:(i+1)*s] for i in range((l+s-l%s)/s))) 
                   for r in range(rows)
               ))

tablize.README

 """ from range(1, 18) with 3 rows and 4 columns it's create like this:
         4 columns
       #############
       1  4  7  10 #
       2  5  8  11 # 3 rows
       3  6  9  12 # 
       13 16 
       14 17
       15
    """