A much shorter version of:
samples = [["x","y","z"],[12,32,7],[12,40,7]] i = 0 while i < len(samples): j = 0 while j < len(samples[0]): print samples[i][j], "\t", j = j+1 print i = i+1
is:
samples = [["x","y","z"],[12,32,7],[12,40,7]] for i in samples: for j in i: print j, "\t", print