The XSLT function you are looking for is "translate()". The concept is more general than what you are used to thinking about, so it's not surprising that by looking for a narrower concept (i.e., "expand"), that you haven't been able to find it.
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-----Original Message-----
From:     Alex Muir <alex.g.muir@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent:     Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:02:13 +0000
To:       xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:   Expanding Tabs

Hi,

I'm looking for the the xslt equivalent of the expand command in unix
to apply to a text input file and surprised I'm not finding anything
with a google search.

The expand command changes the tabs to the appropriate number of
blanks, and writes the results on the standard output.

http://www.softpanorama.org/Tools/expand.shtml

Thanks

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