EXPAND_TABS Name
EXPAND_TABS
Purpose
Replace tab characters in a text string with spaces.
Category
Strings
Calling Sequence
result = Expand_Tabs( astring ) Inputs
str: A text string containing tab characters.
Keyword Parameters
SPACECHAR: The 'space' character to be used to expand the
tabs. Either text or Byte values may be
specified. The default value is the space character
(32B)
TABCHAR: A character to expand rather than the tab
character. Either text or Byte values may be
specified. The default values are the tab characters
(9B,11B). The input value may be a one-dimensional
array of values to use as tab characters. Each
character will be matched indiviually. No matching
of substrings longer than one character is possible.
TABSPACE: The maximum number of 'space' characters to use to
expand tabs. The default value is eight (8).
Outputs
result: A string with the (specified) tab characters expanded
up to multiples of the TABSPACE (modulo TABSPACE).
Modification History
Written by: Edward C. Wiebe, 2001-04-02.