How do I print this list vertically?

Question

Let\'s say I have this list of asterisks, and I say it to print this way:

list = [\'* *\', \'*\', \'* * *\', \'* * * * *\', \'* * * * * *\', \'* * * *\']
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Answer 1

>>> from itertools import izip_longest
>>> list_ = ['a', 'bc', 'def']
>>> for x in izip_longest(*list_, fillvalue=' '):
...   print ' '.join(x)
... 
a b d
  c e
    f