What is the numpy.char.expandtabs() function in Numpy?
Overview
The char.expandtabs() function in Python is used to return a copy of each string element of an array in such a way that all the tab characters are replaced by one or more spaces.
Syntax
char.expandtabs(a, tabsize=8)
Parameters
a: This represents the input array.tabsize: This is used to replace the tabs. The default value is 8 spaces. This is optional.
Return value
This function returns an output array of strings or Unicode, depending on the input.
Example
# A code to illustrate the char.expnadtabs() function# importing the numpy libraryimport numpy as np# implementing the char.expandtabs() functionnew_array = np.char.expandtabs(["Theo\thow\tare\tyou\ttoday?"], 16)# printing the expanded tabsprint(new_array)
Explanation
- Line 4: We import the
numpymodule. - Line 7: We expanded the tabs of a string element using a tab size of
16by using thechar.expandtabs()function. We'll assign the result to a variable,my_array. - Line 10: We print the variable,
my_array.
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