# TABEXPAND()

Replace tabulator control characters with fill characters

Syntax

  TABEXPAND (<cString>, [<nTabWidth>], [<cFillChar|nFillChar>],
  [<cNewLineCharacters>], [<cTabChar|nTabChar>],
  [<lIgnore141>]) -> cExpandedString

Arguments

  <cString> <nTabWidth> <cFillChar|nFillChar> <cNewLineCharacters> string indicating new line, default is the string returned by hb_osnewline() <cTabChar|nTabChar> character indicating a tab stop, default is chr(9) <lIgnore141> .T., if the soft-CR used by MEMOEDIT() should be ignored as a newline indicator, default is .F. (functions uses chr(141))

Description

  TODO: add documentation

Tests tabexpand("-"+chr(9)+"!") == "- !" tabexpand("----"+chr(9) +"!") == "---- !" tabexpand("-"+chr(9)+"!",, "+") == "-+++++++!" tabexpand("-"+chr(9)+ "!", 4) == "- !" tabexpand("----"+chr(9)+ "!", 8) == "---- !" tabexpand("----"+chr(9)+ "!", 8, "+") == "----++++!" tabexpand("-"+chr(9)+"!"+hb_osnewline()+"----"+chr(9)+ "!",, "+") == "-+++++++!"+hb_osnewline()+"----++++!"

Status

  Started

Compliance

  TABEXPAND() is compatible with CT3's TABEXPAND(), but there are three new parameters for a better fine control of the function's behaviour.

Platforms

  All

Files

  Source is tab.c, library is libct.

See Also

- TABPACK()