tab to equivelant spaces

#include <stdio.h>
#define MAXTSPACE 8
int main()
{
        int c, i, spacecnt;
        i = 0;
        spacecnt = MAXTSPACE;

        while((c = getchar()) != EOF ) {
                if(c == '\t') {
                        for(i = 0; i < spacecnt; ++i)
                                printf(" ");
                        spacecnt = MAXTSPACE;
                } else if(c == '\n') {
                        spacecnt = MAXTSPACE;
                        putchar(c);
                } else {
                        putchar(c);
                        --spacecnt;
                        if(spacecnt > 1)
                                spacecnt = MAXTSPACE;
                }

        }

        return 0;
}