tabs_to_spaces
stringConverts tab characters to spaces
Syntax
tabs_to_spaces(string) Parameters
string (string) The string to convert
Returns
string String with tabs replaced by spaces
Examples
Input:
tabs_to_spaces("hello\tworld") Output:
"hello world" Input:
"a\tb" | tabs_to_spaces Output:
"a b"The tabs_to_spaces() function converts tab characters to spaces. Typically converts each tab to a standard number of spaces (usually 4).
Usage
Use tabs_to_spaces() for normalizing code formatting, preparing text for systems that don’t handle tabs well, or standardizing whitespace.