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String

string.detab

Shared

Converts tab characters to spaces in a string


Syntax

local result = string.detab(input)

Parameters

TypeNameDescription
stringinputString containing tab characters

Returns

TypeNameDescription
stringresultDetabbed string

Examples

--Convert single tab
local result = string.detab("Hello\tWorld")
engine.print(result) --Hello    World
--Convert multiple tabs
local result = string.detab("A\tB\tC")
engine.print(result) --A    B    C
--Format tab-separated values
local tsv = "Name\tAge\tCity"
local formatted = string.detab(tsv)
engine.print(formatted) --Name    Age    City

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