numpy.char.expandtabs#

char.expandtabs(a, tabsize=8)[source]#

Return a copy of each string element where all tab characters are replaced by one or more spaces.

Calls str.expandtabs element-wise.

Return a copy of each string element where all tab characters are replaced by one or more spaces, depending on the current column and the given tabsize. The column number is reset to zero after each newline occurring in the string. This doesn’t understand other non-printing characters or escape sequences.

Parameters:

aarray_like of str or unicode: Input array
tabsizeint, optional: Replace tabs with tabsize number of spaces. If not given defaults to 8 spaces.

Returns:

outndarray: Output array of str or unicode, depending on input type