strings = [x.split() for x in [a, b, c]]
just = max([len(x[0]) for x in strings])
for string in strings: print string[0].ljust(just),
print
for string in strings: print string[1].ljust(just),
How about this:
strings = [x.split() for x in [a, b, c]]
just = max([len(x[0]) for x in strings])
for string in strings: print string[0].ljust(just),
print
for string in strings: print string[1].ljust(just),
How about this (for Python 2):
strings = [x.split() for x in [a, b, c]]
just = max([len(x[0]) for x in strings])
for string in strings: print string[0].ljust(just),
print
for string in strings: print string[1].ljust(just),
strings = [x.split() for x in [a, b, c]]
just = max([len(x[0]) for x in strings])
for string in strings: print string[0].ljust(just),
print
for string in strings: print string[1].ljust(just),