so i deleted the tabs..
I would not use tabs within code! In the ancient days, decades ago, this was seen because it conserved bytes, one \t char instead of a bunch of space characters. A consideration if you are using paper tape! The problem is that how many spaces a tab character represents is variable - there is no "standard" for this.

In your editor, find the setting where it says "convert tabs to spaces" and use it. That way, you can still hit your tab button when entering code, but space characters are what actually goes into the file. That way your file will be portable and the formatting will look the same, provided that the other system is using a fixed width font -which is what you should be using for writing code.

In reply to Re^5: Regex with multiple pattern omissions by Marshall
in thread Regex with multiple pattern omissions by jhoop

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