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Python String expandtabs() Method


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Description:

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

Syntax:

str.expandtabs(tabsize=8)

Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

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

Return Value:

It returns a copy of the string in which tab characters ie. '\t' have been expanded using spaces.

Example:

#!/usr/bin/python

str = "this is\tstring example....wow!!!";


print "Original string: " + str;
print "Defualt exapanded tab: " +  str.expandtabs();
print "Double exapanded tab: " +  str.expandtabs(16);

This will produce following 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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