[Solved] How does this code neatly list information side by side? [closed]

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I’ve rewritten this so it is easier to understand, splitting out complicated code, and removing unused lines:

def record_disp(info): #define a function that takes the input data, info
    a=[list(x) for x in info] #turn the input list into a list of lists
    lens=[]      # make an empty list to store max lengths

    #loop with x values from 0 to length of first list
    for x in range(len(a[0])):  
        # get the longest item
        maxlen=0 
        for y in range(len(a)):
            maxlen=max(len(str(a[y][x])), maxlen)
        lens.append(maxlen)
    #for every item print it out table, formatting with spaces
    for x in range(len(a)): #for each row
        for y in range(len(a[x])): # for each column index in the row
            # the previously calculated column width (lens[y])
            # is used to work out the number of spaces needed
            spacing_needed = lens[y]-len(str(a[x][y]))
            # print one cell, spacing it out and delimiting with |
            print(str(a[x][y])+" "*spacing_needed,end="  |")
        print() # adds a newline at the end of the row

solved How does this code neatly list information side by side? [closed]