Python String expandtabs() method

Python String expandtabs()

Python String expandtabs() method returns the number of occurrences of a specified value in a string.

In this tutorial, we will learn the syntax and examples for expandtabs() method of String class.

Syntax

The syntax of String expandtabs() method in Python is

str.expandtabs(tabsize)

where

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description
tabsize	Optional	An integer. It specifies the size for a tab. The default tab size is 8.

Example

In this example, we will take a string 'abc\tde\tf', and expand the tabs with tab size of 5.

Python Program

x = 'abc\tde\tf'
tabsize = 5
result = x.expandtabs(tabsize)
print(result)

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Output

abc  de   f

Explanation

abc\tde\tf      input string
abc  de   f     output string
|||||           tabsize of 5
     |||||      tabsize of 5

expandtabs() with Default tabsize

In this example, we will take a string 'abc\tde\tf', and expand the tabs with default tab size of 8.

Python Program

x = 'abc\tde\tf'
result = x.expandtabs()
print(result)

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Output

abc     de      f

Explanation

abc\tde\tf           input string
abc     de      f    output string
||||||||             tab size of 8
        ||||||||     tab size of 8

Conclusion

In this Python Tutorial, we learned how to expand the tabs in given string with specific tab size using String method – expandtabs().