There's an edge case inherent to tabs this one-liner misses: tabs mask previous spaces within their length, so \s\t should become \t, unless tab length was one.
However, if there are no stray spaces hidden beneath the tabs, it should work.
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Unfortunately, that's not a one-liner anymore, as you would have to calculate the expected position of the tab even inside the string, so it's a lot more complex. I would advise to merely document this edge case.
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There's an edge case inherent to tabs this one-liner misses: tabs mask previous spaces within their length, so
\s\tshould become\t, unless tab length was one.However, if there are no stray spaces hidden beneath the tabs, it should work.
Hey Alex,
Thank you, good catch! You want to contribute an optimised version and I update the article?
Cheers!
Unfortunately, that's not a one-liner anymore, as you would have to calculate the expected position of the tab even inside the string, so it's a lot more complex. I would advise to merely document this edge case.