
{{alias}}( str )
    Expands all contractions to their formal equivalents.

    Parameters
    ----------
    str: string
        Input string.

    Returns
    -------
    out: string
        String with expanded contractions.

    Examples
    --------
    > var str = 'I won\'t be able to get y\'all out of this one.';
    > var out = {{alias}}( str )
    'I will not be able to get you all out of this one.'

    > str = 'It oughtn\'t to be my fault, because, you know, I didn\'t know';
    > out = {{alias}}( str )
    'It ought not to be my fault, because, you know, I did not know'

    See Also
    --------

