Transpose list of lists

Question

Let\'s take:

l = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

The result I\'m looking for is

r = [[1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9]]
         


        

Answer 1

Here is a solution for transposing a list of lists that is not necessarily square:

maxCol = len(l[0])
for row in l:
    rowLength = len(row)
    if rowLength > maxCol:
        maxCol = rowLength
lTrans = []
for colIndex in range(maxCol):
    lTrans.append([])
    for row in l:
        if colIndex < len(row):
            lTrans[colIndex].append(row[colIndex])