TAB$ function

Purpose | Return a string with embedded TAB ($TAB) characters expanded with spaces to a given tab stop.
Syntax | sResult$ = TAB$(strtotab$, tabstop&)
Remarks | All TAB ( CHR$(9) or $TAB) characters in strtotab$ are replaced with spaces to pad the resulting string to the tab stop position specified in tabstop&. strtotab$ and tabstop& may be variables, literals, or expressions.
Restrictions | If the tab stop specified in tabstop& is less than 1 or greater than 256, the original string is returned unchanged.
See also | PARSE$, REPLACE
Example | a$ = "Hello" & $TAB & "World" & $TAB & _ "From PB, Inc." b$ = TAB$(a$,8)
Result | b$ contains "Hello World From PB, Inc."