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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def side_by_side(left, right):
 r"""Put two boxes next to each other. Assumes that all lines in the boxes are the same width. Example: A B C D <BLANKLINE> """

    left_lines = list(left.split('\n'))
    right_lines = list(right.split('\n'))

    # Pad the shorter column with whitespace
    diff = abs(len(left_lines) - len(right_lines))
    if len(left_lines) > len(right_lines):
        fill = ' ' * len(right_lines[0])
        right_lines += [fill] * diff
    elif len(right_lines) > len(left_lines):
        fill = ' ' * len(left_lines[0])
        left_lines += [fill] * diff

    return '\n'.join(a + b for a, b in zip(left_lines, right_lines)) + '\n'