I have a list of items sorted alphabetically: list = [a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j] I'm able to output the list in an html table horizonally like so: | a , b , c , d | | e , f , g , h  | | i  , j  ,    ,     | What's the algorithm to create the table vertically like this: | a , d , g , j | | b , e , h ,   | | c , f  ,  i  ,  | I'm using python, but your answer can be in any language or even pseudocode. Thanks