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Function `std.string.detab`

Replace each tab character in s with the number of spaces necessary to align the following character at the next tab stop.


						
				auto detab(Range)
				(
				

				  auto ref Range s,
				

				  size_t tabSize = 8
				

				) pure
				

				if (isForwardRange!Range && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!Range) || __traits(compiles, StringTypeOf!Range));

Parameters

Name	Description
s	string
tabSize	distance between tab stops

Returns

GC allocated string with tabs replaced with spaces

Example

writeln(detab(" \n\tx", 9)); // " \n         x"

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis, and David L. 'SpottedTiger' Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.