/** Thanks to Teodor Danciu for this method (c) 2003 Teodor Danciu */
public static String replaceTabWithBlank(String source) {
String result = source;
if (source != null && source.length() > 0) {
StringBuffer sbuffer = new StringBuffer(source);
int offset = 0;
int pos = source.indexOf("\t", offset);
while (pos >= 0) {
sbuffer.setCharAt(pos, ' ');
offset = pos + 1;
pos = source.indexOf("\t", offset);
}
result = sbuffer.toString();
}
return result;
}
