Daily Programmer 5-15-2017- matrix transpose created by tapicella - https://repl.it/Hy9H/37

Daily Programmer 5-15-2017- matrix transpose.py

'''

Write a program that takes input text from standard input and outputs the text -- transposed.
Roughly explained, the transpose of a matrix

A B C
D E F

is given by

A D
B E
C F

Rows become columns and columns become rows.

philly
dev

becomes:

pd
he
iv
l
l
y
'''

def pprint(matrix):
  for row in matrix:
    print(' '.join(row))
      
def process(val):
  result = []
  if isinstance(val, str):
    rowstring = val.split('\n')
    if ' ' in val:
      for r in rowstring:
        result.append(r.split(' '))
    else:
      for r in rowstring:
        result.append(list(r))
  return result

def transpose(m):
  result = []
  matrix = process(m)
  
  for row in range(len(matrix)):
    for i in range(len(matrix[row])):
      while len(result) < len(matrix[row]):
        result.append([])
      result[i].append(matrix[row][i])
  pprint(result)
  print()
  return(result)
      

test1 = [[1,2,3,4],[5,6]]
test2 = 'A B C\nD E F'
test3 = 'philly\ndev'

def userInput():
  new_input = input("Input your array. Submit a blank input to finish typing\n")
  final_input = new_input
  while new_input.strip() !='':
    final_input+='\n'
    new_input = input()
    final_input+=new_input
  
  return final_input

transpose(test1)
transpose(test2)
transpose(test3)
my_input = userInput()
transpose(my_input)