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Converter space indentation -> tab indentation

Jul 5th, 2000 10:03
Nathan Wallace, Hans Nowak, Snippet 319, Charles G Waldman

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"""
> I'm looking for a converter that converts Python files
> with space indentation  -> tab indentation.
How about this? 
"""
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, re
ws = re.compile("[ \t]+")
while 1:
    l=sys.stdin.readline()
    if not l:
        break
    w = ws.match(l)
    if w:
        nw = w.regs[0][1]
    else:
        nw=0
    tab, space = divmod(nw,8)
    sys.stdout.write('\t'*tab + ' '*space + l[nw:])