[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.3 -> default): Issue #17670: merge from 3.3
ned.deily
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Apr 21 22:07:58 CEST 2013
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1a6cb6d8591a
changeset: 83485:1a6cb6d8591a
parent: 83481:c7806d1b09eb
parent: 83484:5b6ccab52a4d
user: Ned Deily <nad at acm.org>
date: Sun Apr 21 13:07:27 2013 -0700
summary:
Issue #17670: merge from 3.3
files:
Doc/library/stdtypes.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1526,11 +1526,23 @@
.. method:: str.expandtabs([tabsize])
- Return a copy of the string where all tab characters are replaced by zero or
- more spaces, depending on the current column and the given tab size. The
- column number is reset to zero after each newline occurring in the string.
- If *tabsize* is not given, a tab size of ``8`` characters is assumed. This
- doesn't understand other non-printing characters or escape sequences.
+ Return a copy of the string where all tab characters are replaced by one or
+ more spaces, depending on the current column and the given tab size. Tab
+ positions occur every *tabsize* characters (default is 8, giving tab
+ positions at columns 0, 8, 16 and so on). To expand the string, the current
+ column is set to zero and the string is examined character by character. If
+ the character is a tab (``\t``), one or more space characters are inserted
+ in the result until the current column is equal to the next tab position.
+ (The tab character itself is not copied.) If the character is a newline
+ (``\n``) or return (``\r``), it is copied and the current column is reset to
+ zero. Any other character is copied unchanged and the current column is
+ incremented by one regardless of how the character is represented when
+ printed.
+
+ >>> '01\t012\t0123\t01234'.expandtabs()
+ '01 012 0123 01234'
+ >>> '01\t012\t0123\t01234'.expandtabs(4)
+ '01 012 0123 01234'
.. method:: str.find(sub[, start[, end]])
--
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