STRING.expandTabs

Converts TAB characters to a 8 space characters.

Syntax

expandTabs( )
       RETURNS STRING

Usage

This method finds all TAB (ASCII 9) characters in the string and replaces each TAB character by 8 space (ASCII 32) characters. The new string is then returned by the method.

Example

MAIN
    DEFINE s STRING
    LET s = "a\tb\tc"
    DISPLAY s
    DISPLAY s.expandTabs()
END MAIN

Output:

a	b	c
a       b       c

First line contains 2 TAB characters, while second line contains 2x8 space characters.