On Aug 19, 4:16 pm, Peter Brett <pe...@peter-b.co.uk> wrote:
> "digisat...@gmail.com" <digisat...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Python 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:56:41)
> > [GCC 4.3.3] on linux2
> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>>> ' test\ttest'.expandtabs(4)
> > ' test test'
> >>>> 'test \ttest'.expandtabs(4)
> > 'test test'
>
> > 1st example: expect returning 4 spaces between 'test', 3 spaces
> > returned
> > 2nd example: expect returning 5 spaces between 'test', 4 spaces
> > returned
>
> > Is it a bug or something, please advice.
>
> Consider where the 4-space tabstops are relative to those strings:
>
> test test
> test test
> ^ ^ ^
>
> So no, it's not a bug.
>
> If you just want to replace the tab characters by spaces, use:
>
> >>> " test\ttest".replace("\t", " ")
> ' test test'
> >>> "test \ttest".replace("\t", " ")
> 'test test'
>
> HTH,
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Brett <pe...@peter-b.co.uk>
> Remote Sensing Research Group
> Surrey Space Centre
You corrected me for the understanding of tab stop. Great explanation.
Thank you so much.
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