How to specify a “tab” in python code?

Question

Suppose I want to write "welcome" TAB "username" in file. How can I specify this TAB?

f = open(filename, 'w')
f.write("welcome:"+TAB+"username");

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '14 at 06:46

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Use \t character:

>>> print('\tsomething')
    something

In your case that would be

f.write("welcome:\tusername")

answered Jun 19 '14 at 06:46

vaultah

Just for sake of completeness, you can also use `chr(9)`, `9` being the ASCII code of the `TAB` character. – svvac Jun 19 '14 at 06:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '14 at 06:46

1

Just:

f.write("welcome:\tusername")

answered Jun 19 '14 at 06:46

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