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Python

Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
28,236 Points
Posted by Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
28,236 Points

I'm having an issue following along with Python

When i try to do anything that they do in the Python work space, I believe there is a spacing issue which is making it terribly hard for me to follow along.

I can't recreate anything that the teacher is creating and get it to work.

2 Answers

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Hey Tony, When writing code with Python whitespace can affect code /syntax if it is structured in a different manner. i.e. 

def spam():
eggs = 12
return eggs

print spam()

as opposed to 

def spam():
    eggs = 12
    return eggs

print spam()
David Bouchare
David Bouchare
9,224 Points
David Bouchare
David Bouchare
9,224 Points

On that note, the below says it is better to use 4 whitespaces than tabs:

http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#code-lay-out

What do you all think?