expandtabs acts unexpectedly
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) 'testtest' 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. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: expandtabs acts unexpectedly
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:57 PM, digisat...@gmail.com digisat...@gmail.comwrote: 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) 'testtest' Is it a bug or something, please advice. -- It is completely working as intended. What were you expecting instead? Regards, -Xav -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: expandtabs acts unexpectedly
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) 'testtest' 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 testtest ^ ^ ^ So no, it's not a bug. If you just want to replace the tab characters by spaces, use: test\ttest.replace(\t, ) ' testtest' test \ttest.replace(\t, ) 'test test' HTH, Peter -- Peter Brett pe...@peter-b.co.uk Remote Sensing Research Group Surrey Space Centre -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: expandtabs acts unexpectedly
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. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
