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

How about this, for a version that mostly uses basic Python operations:

data = ['* *', '*', '* * *', '* * * * *', '* * * * * *', '* * * *']
max_len = max(len(x) for x in data)  # find the longest string

for i in range(0, max_len, 2):       # iterate on even numbered indexes (to get the *'s)
    for column in data:              # iterate over the list of strings
        if i < len(column):
            print column[i],         # the comma means no newline will be printed
        else:
            print " ",               # put spaces in for missing values
    print                            # print a newline at the end of each row

Example output:

* * * * * *
*   * * * *
    * * * *
      * * *
      * *  
        *