reading files as both vertical lists and horizental lists(python 3.2)
<p>I have a text file that I want my program (in python 3.2) to read as (1) every line as a list and then (2) I want to make new list that contain elements with same index in (1). like this:  </p>

<pre><code>shagy 2 3 4 5 6  
dely 3 4 5 6 7 

horizental lists = [shagy,2,3,4,5,6] and [dely,3,4,5,6,7]  
vertical lists = [shagy,dely] and [2,3] and [3,4] and [4,5] and [5,6] and [6,7] 
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<p>I need to do this because I'm supposed to find the max value of each column (elements with the same index). So I thought if I put them in a list it would be easier to find their maximum,but I don't know how to write that.  </p>
