Try replacing tabs with spaces before applying compbl
newStr = compbl(translate(str, ' ', '09'x));
Try replacing tabs with spaces before applying compbl
newStr = compbl(translate(str, ' ', '09'x));
Well, technically, tabs are not spaces; although I can't see a good reason why compbl shouldn't compress tabs too.
Tab characters are not blank characters. TABS may appear as spaces depending on software and how it treats tabs but they are not the same as the character blank generated by pressing a space bar.
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