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Using Python to Insert Tab in String

July 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

To use a tab in a string in Python, you can use the tab character “\t”. “\t” is the special character for tab.

string="\thello"

print(string)

#Output:
        hello

When working with strings, the ability to easily create, modify or remove characters from string is important.

One such case is when you want to use special characters in a string.

A special character which is commonly used is the tab character.

To use a tab in a string in Python, you can use the tab character “\t”.

Below is a simple example of how to add a tab to a string in Python.

string="\thello"

print(string)

#Output:
        hello

Other Special Characters in Python

To use a special character, you first put “\” in front of the character and then can use a number of different characters to add these special characters to a string.

Some special characters in Python include newlines, carriage returns, and quotes.

The newline character is “\n”, carriage returns are “\r” and quotes can be made with “\”” or “\'”.

To add these special characters to a string, just do the same as above in the example with tabs.

string="hello\nworld"

print(string)

#Output:
hello
world

Hopefully this article has been useful for you to learn how to use tab characters in your strings in Python.

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