looking 4 py code: line up columns

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String formatting as advised.
Example:

data = '''\
Arkansas,Little_Rock
Delaware,Dover
Illinois,Springfield
Indiana,Indianapolis
Kentucky,Frankfort'''

data_list = [line.split(',') for line in data.split('\n')]
header = ['State', 'Capital']

sf = "{:<10s} {:>5s}"
print(sf.format(*header))
print('-'*23)
for sublist in data_list:
   print(sf.format(*sublist))
print('-'*23)

Output:
State      Capital
-----------------------
Arkansas   Little_Rock
Delaware   Dover
Illinois   Springfield
Indiana    Indianapolis
Kentucky   Frankfort
-----------------------