Rotating a two-dimensional array in Python

Question

In a program I\'m writing the need to rotate a two-dimensional array came up. Searching for the optimal solution I found this impressive one-liner that does the job:

Answer 1

Rotating Counter Clockwise ( standard column to row pivot ) As List and Dict

rows = [
  ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'],
  [1,2,3,4],
  [1,2,3],
  [1,2],
  [1],
]

pivot = []

for row in rows:
  for column, cell in enumerate(row):
    if len(pivot) == column: pivot.append([])
    pivot[column].append(cell)

print(rows)
print(pivot)
print(dict([(row[0], row[1:]) for row in pivot]))

Produces:

[['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2], [1]]
[['A', 1, 1, 1, 1], ['B', 2, 2, 2], ['C', 3, 3], ['D', 4]]
{'A': [1, 1, 1, 1], 'B': [2, 2, 2], 'C': [3, 3], 'D': [4]}