Thanks for the filter, just thought I'd add to the equation, in case you need tables sorted down the column instead of across the row.
def transtabularize(value,cols):
try:
cols = int(cols)
except ValueError:
return [value]
r = len(value)/cols + (len(value)%cols>0)
return [[value[j] for j in range(i,len(value),r) ] for i in
range(0,r)]
