parameters: ( chars )
docstring: r"""
          Overrides the default whitespace chars
  
          Example::
  
              # default whitespace chars are space, <TAB> and newline
              OneOrMore(Word(alphas)).parseString("abc def\nghi jkl")  # -> ['abc', 'def', 'ghi', 'jkl']
  
              # change to just treat newline as significant
              ParserElement.setDefaultWhitespaceChars(" \t")
              OneOrMore(Word(alphas)).parseString("abc def\nghi jkl")  # -> ['abc', 'def']
docstring_summary: r"""
          Overrides the default whitespace chars
docstring_tokens: r Overrides the default whitespace chars
function: def setDefaultWhitespaceChars( chars ):
          r"""
          Overrides the default whitespace chars
  
          Example::
  
              # default whitespace chars are space, <TAB> and newline
              OneOrMore(Word(alphas)).parseString("abc def\nghi jkl")  # -> ['abc', 'def', 'ghi', 'jkl']
  
              # change to just treat newline as significant
              ParserElement.setDefaultWhitespaceChars(" \t")
              OneOrMore(Word(alphas)).parseString("abc def\nghi jkl")  # -> ['abc', 'def']
          """
          ParserElement.DEFAULT_WHITE_CHARS = chars
function_tokens: def setDefaultWhitespaceChars ( chars ) : ParserElement . DEFAULT_WHITE_CHARS = chars