Print a Python table (list of lists)

pretty_print_table.rs

def print_table(table, *fields, padding=2):
    '''Pretty prints a table (iterable of iterables) with given header fields'''
    data = [fields] + table
    column_width = max(len(str(column)) for row in data for column in row) + padding
    [print("".join(str(column).ljust(column_width) for column in row)) for row in data]

table = [
    ("Ada", "Lovelace", 36),
    ("Bjarne", "Stroustrup", 73),
    ("Ken", "Thomson", 81),
    ("Linus", "Torvalds", 54),
    ("Radia", "Perlman", 72),
]
print_table(table, "First name", "Last name", "Age")

'''
output:
First name  Last name   Age         
Ada         Lovelace    36          
Bjarne      Stroustrup  73          
Ken         Thomson     81          
Linus       Torvalds    54          
Radia       Perlman     72
'''