Tabify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tabify is a verb meaning (transitive, computing) To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
Meaning
(transitive, computing) To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
Example Sentences
You can only tabify source code
A common use of this program is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like UNIX) that tends to turn all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers.
Word Forms
- tabifies
- tabifying
- tabified
Antonyms for tabify
Common opposites include untabify.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tabularize, entabulate, stringify, stringize, formatize, retabulate.
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