def METHOD_NAME(seqs, max_col, max_row, dtype=np.int64):
    """padding sequences for column token indexes"""
    padded = []
    for query in seqs:
        new_cols = []
        for col in query[:max_row]:
            temp_cols = col[:max_col] + [0] * (max_col - len(col))
            new_cols.append(temp_cols)
        new_cols = new_cols + [[0] * max_col for _ in range(max_row - len(new_cols))]
        padded.append(new_cols)
    return np.array(padded).astype(dtype)