Standard Library: Formatting

[whitespace-fmt: mode?; custom-value?]

→ string or empty

Gets or sets the whitespace normalization mode. This does not affect whitespace in escape sequences and string literals.

Passing no arguments to this function will simply get the current mode.

Formatting modes

Mode	Description
`default`	(Default) Normalizes all whitespace to a single ASCII space character (0x20).
`verbatim`	Prints all printable whitespace as it appears in the code.
`ignore-all`	Ignores all printable whitespace.
`custom`	Replaces all whitespace sequences with the `custom-value` argument.

Example

[whitespace-fmt: default] The quick brown fox    jumps over the lazy dog.
# Output: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

[whitespace-fmt: verbatim] The quick brown fox    jumps over the lazy dog.
# Output: The quick brown fox    jumps over the lazy dog.

[whitespace-fmt: ignore-all] The quick brown fox    jumps over the lazy dog.
# Output: Thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog.

[whitespace-fmt: custom; ...\s] The quick brown fox    jumps over the lazy dog.
# Output: The... quick... brown... fox... jumps... over... the... lazy... dog.