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expand_tabs

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expand_tabs(text) public

Expands tab characters in text to eight spaces

# File lib/rdoc/text.rb, line 57
  def expand_tabs text
    expanded = []

    text.each_line do |line|
      nil while line.gsub!(/(?:\G|\r)((?:.{8})*?)([^\t\r\n]{0,7})\t/) do
        r = "#{$1}#{$2}#{' ' * (8 - $2.size)}"
        r = RDoc::Encoding.change_encoding r, text.encoding
        r
      end

      expanded << line
    end

    expanded.join
  end

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