Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Chaper 6 Practice Project, PrintTable

table-printer.py

def printTable(table):
    col_widths = getLongestWordLength(table)
    for i in range(len(table[0])):
        for j in range(len(table)):
            print(table[j][i].rjust(col_widths[j]), end=' ')
        print()


def getLongestWordLength(table):
    return[max([len(item) for item in line]) for line in table]


tableData = [['apples', 'oranges', 'cherries', 'banana'],
             ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol', 'David'],
             ['dogs', 'cats', 'moose', 'goose']]


printTable(tableData)