How to read columns from a file and add each column in separate lists in python 3.4 -

i need dynamic code:

if file data looks below, how can add each column of in 3 list separately in python 3.4.1?

0 4 5  1 0 0  1 56 96 

i tried , read data file , stored in list like: scores = [['0','4', '5'],['1','0','0], ['1', '56','96']]. don't know how write code put each first letter of array 3 separate lists or arrays. like: list1 = [0, 1,1], list2 = [4,0,56] , list3 = [5,0,96]

thanks

basically, have list of rows, , want list of columns. called transposing , can written concisely in python this:

columns = zip(*scores) 

after doing this, columns[0] contain first column, columns[1] second column, , on. columns tuples. if need lists can apply list function result:

columns = map(list, zip(*scores)) 

this dark-magic-looking syntax first uses * operator unpacks list of arguments. here means zip(*scores) equivalent to:

zip(['0','4', '5'], ['1','0','0'], ['1', '56','96']) 

note how each element of scores list different argument of zip function. use zip function.