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, with
StringDType
,bytes_
, orstr_
dtype Input array
- tabsizeint, optional
Replace tabs with tabsize number of spaces. If not given defaults to 8 spaces.
- aarray-like, with
- Returns:
- outndarray
Output array of
StringDType
,bytes_
orstr_
dtype, depending on input type
See also
Examples
>>> a = np.array([' Hello world']) >>> np.strings.expandtabs(a, tabsize=4) array([' Hello world'], dtype='<U21')