Please review the code for String::detab and String::entab. Used to expand tabs into spaces, and spaces back to tabs. webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/8210717/webrev/index.html jbs: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210717 csr: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210718 Cheers, — Jim