>>> from tableFormat import tableFormat

>>> l = [['short', 'symbol', 'codons', 'name', 'nome'], ['ala', 'a', 'gcu,gcc,gca,gcg', \
    'alanine', 'alanina'], ['arg', 'r', 'cgu,cgc,cga,cgg,aga,agg', 'arginine', 'arginina']]

>>> print tableFormat(l, sep=";  ")
short;  symbol;  codons;                   name;      nome
ala;    a;       gcu,gcc,gca,gcg;          alanine;   alanina
arg;    r;       cgu,cgc,cga,cgg,aga,agg;  arginine;  arginina