String expandtabs() Method in Python 3
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
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str.expandtabs(tabsize=8)
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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
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#!/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))
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Result
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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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