printing text tables with consistent width

[ichabod801]

Here's a simple example I whipped up:

def table(rows):
	max_widths = []
	for column in zip(*rows):
		max_widths.append(max([len(text) for text in column]))
	template = '  '.join(['{{:<{}}}'.format(width) for width in max_widths])
	return '\n'.join([template.format(*row) for row in rows])

knights = [['Sir Lancelot', 'The Holy Grail', 'Blue'],
	['Sir Robin', 'The Holy Grail', "I don't know that."],
	['Sir Galahad', 'The Grail', 'Blue. No, yel...'],
	['King Arthur', 'The Holy Grail', 'What do you mean?']]

print(table(knights))

Output:
Sir Lancelot  The Holy Grail  Blue
Sir Robin     The Holy Grail  I don't know that.
Sir Galahad   The Grail       Blue. No, yel...
King Arthur   The Holy Grail  What do you mean?