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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.

Prototype

S detab(S)(
  S s,
  size_t tabSize = 8
) pure
if (isSomeString!S);

Parameters

NameDescription
s string
tabSize distance between tab stops

Returns

GC allocated string with tabs replaced with spaces

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, and Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.

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