def table_to_string(a_table):
    """Convert a table to a string list.

    Parameters
    ----------
    a_table : astropy.table.table.Table
        The table to convert to a string


    Returns
    -------
    result : sequence of strings
        A sequence of strings, where each string is one row with comma-separated
        column values

    """
    result = list()
    for element in a_table:
        result.append(str(list(element)).strip('[]'))
    return result