( 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']
r"""
        Overrides the default whitespace chars
r Overrides the default whitespace chars
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
def setDefaultWhitespaceChars ( chars ) : ParserElement . DEFAULT_WHITE_CHARS = chars