How to expandtabs( ) in Python Strings?

String expandtabs( ) Method

 The expandtabs() method returns a copy of the string in which the tab characters ie. '\t' are expanded using spaces, optionally using the given tabsize (default 8)..

Syntax

str.expandtabs(tabsize=8)

Parameters

tabsize - This specifies the number of characters to be replaced for a tab character '\t'.

Return Value

This method returns a copy of the string in which tab characters i.e., '\t' have been expanded using spaces.

Example

#!/usr/bin/python3 str = "this is\tstring example....wow!!!" print ("Original string: " + str) print ("Defualt exapanded tab: " + str.expandtabs()) print ("Double exapanded tab: " + str.expandtabs(16))

   

Result

Original string: this is string example....wow!!! Defualt exapanded tab: this is string example....wow!!! Double exapanded tab: this is string example....wow!!!

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