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Python Write Better Python Cleaner Code Function and Class Whitespace

Posted by Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

How do i get rid of the whitespace on line 11 without getting rid of the blank line?

How do i get rid of the whitespace on line 11 without getting rid of the blank line?

starter.py 
def first_function(arg1):
    return 'arg1 is {}'.format(arg1)


def second_function(arg1):
    return 'arg1 is {}'.format(arg1)


class MyClass:
    args = [1, 2, 3]

    def class_func(self):
        return self.args

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Mathew Yangang

If you click in the line, you'll notice that there are four spaces on the line. This is the whitespace causing the error, so you need to just delete the four spaces. Once you hit enter to make the empty line, just backspace 4 times to delete the whitespace, but keep the line.

Nice work! :) :dizzy: