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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)
str.expandtabs(tabsize=8) |
Here is the detail of parameters:
tabsize: specifies the number of characters to be replaced for a tab character '\t'.
It returns a copy of the string in which tab characters ie. '\t' have been expanded using spaces.
#!/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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