Method Name:
expandtabs
Method Signature:
expandtabs (tabsize=8);
Parameters:
Tabsize – Number of spaces for each tab present in the string.
Return Value:
A string that has the tab characters replaced with spaces as per the tabsize parameter.
Overview:
- Tab characters in a string are replaced with spaces based on the current column position and the tabsize parameter.
- For example, if tabsize = 2, the string “Hello World\t” will be added with two spaces after removing the '\t' character. The string is grown till its length reaches the next multiple of tabsize. If tabsize=7, the number of spaces added after removing the '\t' character, is 4.
Example:
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# Example program that expands the tab characters into spaces def demoExpand(text): textWithTabs = text; textWithNoTabs = textWithTabs.expandtabs(tabsize=7);
print("String with tabs:") print(textWithTabs);
print("String with tabs expanded into spaces:") print(textWithNoTabs);
print("Space count:") print(textWithNoTabs.count(" "));
text = "Helloworld\t"; demoExpand(text);
text = "Hello\tworld\t"; demoExpand(text); |
Output:
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String with tabs: Helloworld String with tabs expanded into spaces: Helloworld Space count: 4 String with tabs: Hello world String with tabs expanded into spaces: Hello world Space count: 4 |