Replaces tabs with spaces
Usage
The expandtabs() method replaces each tab character ‘\t‘ in a string with specified number of spaces (tabsize).
The default tabsize is 8 (tab stop at every eighth column).
Syntax
string.exandtabs(tabsize)
| Parameter | Condition | Description |
| tabsize | Optional | A number specifying the tabsize. Default tabsize is 8. |
Basic Example
# Expand each tab character with spaces
S1 = 'a\tb\tc'
S2 = 'aaaa\tbbbb\tcccc'
print(S1.expandtabs())
print(S2.expandtabs())
# Prints a b c# Prints aaaa bbbb ccccSpecify Different Tabsize
The default tabsize is 8. To change the tabsize, specify optional tabsize parameter.
# Change the tabsize to 2, 4 and 6
S = 'a\tb\tc'
print(S.expandtabs(2))
print(S.expandtabs(4))
print(S.expandtabs(6))
# Prints a b c# Prints a b c# Prints a b c