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expandTabs

Convert tabs to spaces, where each tab corresponds to count spaces.

  • Use String.prototype.replace() with a regular expression and String.prototype.repeat() to replace each tab character with count spaces.
const expandTabs = (str, count) => str.replace(/\t/g, ' '.repeat(count));
expandTabs('\t\tlorem', 3); // '      lorem'

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