Almost trivial to ask, but i'm confused and curious. Why is the "\t" special character not applying a tab for:
It looks like the "\t" character only applied a single space rather than a tab. However if I move the "\t" character over, it applies it like so
Any ideas?
'Tabs' are actually applied. Tabs' width is usually determined by your terminal. In StackOverflow's (web-fronted) case, it's 4 characters wide. Output goes like this.
b
a b
aa b
aaa b
aaaa b
aaaaa b
aaaaaa b
aaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa b
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa b
Not really an answer but explains the problem well.