Python编程快速上手之第6.7实践

#! /user/local/bin/python3#print the tabletableData = [['apples', 'oranges', 'cherries', 'banana'],        ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol', 'David'],        ['dogs', 'cats', 'moose', 'goose']] 

# Code for printing table
def printTable(data):
    maxRow = len(max(data)) # determine the row of table
    numberOfColumn = len(data) # determine the cloumn of table
    colWidths=[0]*numberOfColumn # find the widest word in each column
    for i in range(numberOfColumn):
            colWidths[i]=len(max(data[i]))
    maxWidth = max(colWidths) # determine the width 

#以下需要优化
    # print the table
    for j in range(maxRow):
        for i in range(numberOfColumn):
            print(data[i][j].ljust(maxWidth+5), end='') # print the first item of the each sublist
        print()
printTable(tableData)