TABSTRIP(<expC> [,<N spaces per tab>])
Eliminates tab characters from text.
Returns <expC> with tab characters replaced by spaces.

<spaces per tab> will be substituted for each tab character in <expC>.
Valid range is from zero to 16; default is 1 if omitted.

Useful in editing and handling files with tab characters.

A tab character has an ASCII value of 09.

* Strip tabs while reading file into memo field
REPLACE Memo_field WITH TABSTRIP(FILEREAD("Textfile.txt"))

* Strip tabs while writing one file to another
written = FILEWRITE( "Newfile.txt", TABSTRIP(FILEREAD("Textfile.txt")) )
IF written = "DONE"
? "File was successfully written"
ELSE
? written && error message
ENDIF


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