Add function to expand tabs.
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index f7d4af6..cfb977f 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -143,3 +143,16 @@
if s[0] in ('-', '+'):
sign, s = s[0], s[1:]
return sign + '0'*(width-n) + s
+
+# Expand tabs in a string.
+# Doesn't take non-printing chars into account, but does understand \n.
+def expandtabs(s, tabsize):
+ res = line = ''
+ for c in s:
+ if c == '\t':
+ c = ' '*(tabsize - len(line)%tabsize)
+ line = line + c
+ if c == '\n':
+ res = res + line
+ line = ''
+ return res + line
diff --git a/Lib/stringold.py b/Lib/stringold.py
index f7d4af6..cfb977f 100644
--- a/Lib/stringold.py
+++ b/Lib/stringold.py
@@ -143,3 +143,16 @@
if s[0] in ('-', '+'):
sign, s = s[0], s[1:]
return sign + '0'*(width-n) + s
+
+# Expand tabs in a string.
+# Doesn't take non-printing chars into account, but does understand \n.
+def expandtabs(s, tabsize):
+ res = line = ''
+ for c in s:
+ if c == '\t':
+ c = ' '*(tabsize - len(line)%tabsize)
+ line = line + c
+ if c == '\n':
+ res = res + line
+ line = ''
+ return res + line