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Created a blog using Jekyll and git hub pages. I need to indent to align a list of expenses. I found a way how, but I would like to insert that into a function.

Example:

1. Sum of Contractor expenses - $6,800
2. Heating and Air - $5,100
3. Fridge and Stove - $1,100
4. Hardware store purchases - $5,000
5. Miscellaneous - $2,000

I would like all of the amounts to line up.

According to this SO question, I can use   to create a space. However, I need to insert a lot of these to obtain what I want.

Another suggestion is Tab+Space but this doesn't seem to work in the middle of the text.

From the same post, I tried using Alt+0+1+6+0 and that seems to work.

The expected results would look like this.

1. Sum of Contractor expenses - TAB;$6,800
2. Heating and Air - TAB;(5)$5,100