Convert TAB to spaces

Here's a program to convert tabs to spaces where tab is deemed to be every 6th position: 6, 12, 18, 24, .... Change accordingly if you have different preference.

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileWriter;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ConvertTabs

{ public static void main(String[] args)

{ Scanner input;

FileWriter output;

String line;

try

{ input = new Scanner(new File(args[0]));

output = new FileWriter(args[1]);

while(input.hasNext())

{line = input.nextLine();

int pos = 0;

for(int i=0;i<line.length();i++)

{ if(line.charAt(i)=='\t')

{ int remainder = pos % 6;

for(int j=5;j>=remainder;j--)

{ output.write(' ');

pos++;

}

}

else

{output.write(line.charAt(i));

pos++;

}

}

output.write("\n");

}

input.close();

output.close();

} catch (Exception exception) {}

}

}

Amarisa at 2007-7-16 0:52:50 >