Java Tab Expand expandTabs(String inputString, int numberOfSpaces)

Description

expand Tabs

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String expandTabs(String inputString, int numberOfSpaces) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    public static String expandTabs(String inputString, int numberOfSpaces) {
        if (inputString.indexOf('\t') == -1)
            return inputString;
        int inputStringLength = inputString.length();
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(inputStringLength);
        String spaces = nCopies(numberOfSpaces, ' ');
        for (int i = 0; i < inputStringLength; i++) {
            char c = inputString.charAt(i);
            if (c == '\t')
                buffer.append(spaces);/*  w w w. j av  a 2 s.com*/
            else
                buffer.append(c);
        }

        return buffer.toString();
    }

    public static String nCopies(int copyCount, char charToCopy) {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(copyCount);
        for (int i = 0; i < copyCount; i++)
            buffer.append(charToCopy);

        return buffer.toString();
    }
}

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