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Python The Solution

Posted by Ian Morrison
Ian Morrison
135 Points

indentation error: unexpected indent line 5 while True:

I copied the instructors code and when i try to run the code I get an error line 5 while True: indentation error: unexpected indent
I'm using treehouse workspaces to run the code

1 Answer

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Hi Ian!

Since Python uses indentation instead of curly braces to designate code blocks, the indentation needs to be very precise(exactly four spaces for each new block).

These two lines (3 and 5)

name = input("What should I call you? ")

while True:

Should have NO preceding space (or any other indentation).

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!