#6.11.1

tableData = [['apples', ' oranges', 'cherries', 'banana'],
             ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol', 'David'],
             ['dogs', 'cats', 'moose', 'goose']]

def printTable(lists):
    # convert lists to talbes
    Long = []
    for littlelist in lists:
        for word in littlelist:
            longs = len(word)
            Long.append(longs)

    k = Long[0]
    for i in Long:
        if i > k:
            k = i
    
    y = len(lists[0])
    for x in range(y):
        if x != 0 :
            print()
        for v in lists:
            if lists.index(v) == 0:
                print(v[x].rjust(k, ' '), end=' ')
            else:
                print(v[x].ljust(k, ' '), end=' ')


printTable(tableData)

 笔者的方法仍与书中有所不同，但已经是笔者现在所能做的做好的方法，希望再更深入地学习Python之后，能够做到和书中一样。