Re^3: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?


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Re^3: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?

by Corion (Patriarch)

on Apr 19, 2012 at 13:55 UTC ( [id://965963]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Re^2: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?
in thread How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?

Weird - at least this version of expand works for me, and the source code suggests that it should work just as it does:

Q:\>copy con test.txt
blah    a       blah
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt
blah    a       blah

Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt|perl -ple "s!\t!x!g"
blah    a       blah

Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt|perl -ple "s! !_!g"
blah____a_______blah

Q:\>type test.txt|perl -ple "s! !_!g"
blah    a       blah
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If expand is not working for you, maybe the code I linked to does work for you and you can reuse that?