title: How can I append whole columns to a table (list of lists) in python?
body: <p>Given tuples like the following which are generated from mysql fetchall calls in a loop... </p>
  
  <pre><code>tuple1 = (('doug', 6), ('fred', 9), ('garth', 3))
  tuple2 = (('steve', 3), ('dan', 1))
  tuple3 = (('alan', 5), ('tom', 8), ('bob', 3), ('joe', 8))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I append each tuple as an entire column into a table (list of lists) like this?</p>
  
  <pre><code>table = [['doug',6,'steve',3,'alan',5],
           ['fred',9,'dan',1,'tom',8],
           ['garth',3,'',,'bob',3],
           ['',,'',,'joe',8]]
  </code></pre>