splitting list with equal contents

Question

for example I have the following list:

contents= [\"i have two pens\",\"prices = 5$\",\"made in ____ and ____\"]

I want to split them such a wa

Answer 1

You would need to check which is the longest array and then pad the other ones, like this:

array = [phrase.split() for phrase in contents]
x = max(len(i) for i in array)
result = [i + [''] * (x - len(i)) for i in array]

Complicated but gives you the result you're looking for.