bundles / IPython 9.5.0 / IPython / utils / text / indent

function

`IPython.utils.text:indent`

source: /IPython/utils/text.py :264

Signature

   def     indent (    instr  :  str    ,    nspaces  :  int    =  4   ,    ntabs  :  int    =  0   ,    flatten  :  bool    =  False     )   →  str

Summary

Indent a string a given number of spaces or tabstops.

Extended Summary

indent(str, nspaces=4, ntabs=0) -> indent str by ntabs+nspaces.

Parameters

instr : basestring: The string to be indented.
nspaces : int (default: 4): The number of spaces to be indented.
ntabs : int (default: 0): The number of tabs to be indented.
flatten : bool (default: False): Whether to scrub existing indentation. If True, all lines will be aligned to the same indentation. If False, existing indentation will be strictly increased.

Returns

str : string indented by ntabs and nspaces.

Aliases

IPython.core.oinspect.indent