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+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Table Printer Chap. 6
+# Function for taking lists of strings and displays in an organized table
+
+tableData = [['apples','oranges','cherries','bananas'],
+             ['Alice','Bob','Carol','David'],
+             ['dogs','cats','moose','goose']]
+
+def printTable(dataLists):
+    colWidths = [0] * len(dataLists)
+    for i in colWidths:
+        colWidths = max(dataLists[i], key=len)
+           
+    y = len(colWidths)
+        
+    for x in range(len(dataLists[0])):
+        print(str(dataLists[0][x]).rjust(y) + str(dataLists[1][x]).rjust(y) + str(dataLists[2][x]).rjust(y))
+
+
+printTable(tableData)
+