multiplication_table.py

from sys import argv # import argment variable 

script, rows, columns = argv #define rows and columns for the table and assign them to the argument variable


def table(rows, columns):
	for i in range(1, int(rows) + 1 ): #it's safe to assume that the user would mean 12 rows when they provide 12 as an argument, b'coz 12 will produce 11 rows
		print "\t", i,

	print "\n\n"

	for i in range(1, int(columns) + 1 ):
		print i,
		for j in range(1, int(rows) + 1 ):
			print "\t",i*j,
		print "\n\n"
		
table(rows, columns)