ENH: pprint_thing will escape embedded tabs in returned string #2038

pandas-dev · Nov 17, 2012 · 2cc0c16 · 2cc0c16
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diff --git a/pandas/core/common.py b/pandas/core/common.py
@@ -1180,6 +1180,8 @@ def pprint_thing(thing, _nest_lvl=0):
             # either utf-8 or we replace errors
             result = str(thing).decode('utf-8', "replace")
 
+        result=result.replace("\t",r'\t') # escape tabs
+
     return unicode(result)  # always unicode