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Function Details: expandtabs

Description

Return a copy of the string where all tab characters are replaced by one or more spaces.

Extended Description

The expandtabs() method returns a copy of the string where all tab characters (\t) are replaced by one or more spaces, depending on the current column and the specified tab size. The default tab size is 8 spaces. This method is useful for formatting text, especially when dealing with data that uses tabs for alignment.

Read More about expandtabs from Python Documentation

Function Signature

Module: builtins

Class: str

Parameters

Parameter List

tabsize: int

Return

Returns a new string with tabs expanded to spaces.

Return Type

str

Output

Explanation

This example demonstrates the basic usage of expandtabs(). It replaces the tab with 4 spaces.