Python String expandtabs() Method

Description

The method expandtabs() 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

Following is the syntax for expandtabs() method

str.expandtabs(tabsize=8)

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 ie. '\t' have been expanded using spaces.

Example

The following example shows the usage of expandtabs() method.

#!/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);

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the 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!!!