Python 3 – String expandtabs() Method

Description

expandtabs() method returns a copy of a string with tab characters (i.e., ‘t’) expanded with spaces, optionally using a given tab size (default is 8).

Syntax

Following is the syntax of the expandtabs() method −

str.expandtabs(tabsize = 8)

Parameters

tabsize − This specifies the number of characters to replace the tab character ‘t’ with.

Return Value

This method returns a copy of the string with tab characters (‘t’) expanded with spaces.

Example

#!/usr/bin/python3

str = "this iststring example....wow!!!"
print ("Original string: " + str)
print ("Defualt exapanded tab: " + str.expandtabs())
print ("Double exapanded tab: " + str.expandtabs(16))

Result

After running the above program, the following result will be produced −

Original string: this is string example....wow!!!
Defualt exapanded tab: this is string example....wow!!!
Double exapanded tab: this is string example....wow!!!