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Python Django ORM Same Old ORM Model Upgrades

Dongyun Cho
Dongyun Cho
2,256 Points

Tab Error: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentations. SUBJECT

I did exactly same code with teacher's. But I got an error called Tab Error: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentations. problem code is this one.

    subject = models.CharField(max_length=100)
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.db import models

from django.contrib.auth.models import User 


class Course(models.Model):
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField()
    teacher = models.ForeignKey(User)
    subject = models.CharField(max_length=100)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title


class Step(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField()
    order = models.IntegerField(default=0)
    course = models.ForeignKey(Course)

    class Meta:
        abstract = True
        ordering = ['order',]

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title


class Text(Step):
    content = models.TextField(blank=True, default='')

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('courses:text', kwargs={
                'course_pk': self.course_id,
                'step_pk': self.id
            })


class Quiz(Step):
    total_questions = models.IntegerField(default=4)

    class Meta:
        verbose_name_plural = "Quizzes"

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('courses:quiz', kwargs={
                'course_pk': self.course_id,
                'step_pk': self.id
            })


class Question(models.Model):
    quiz = models.ForeignKey(Quiz)
    order = models.IntegerField(default=0)
    prompt = models.TextField()

    class Meta:
        ordering = ['order',]

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return self.quiz.get_absolute_url()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.prompt

class MultipleChoiceQuestion(Question):
    shuffle_answers = models.BooleanField(default=False)


class TrueFalseQuestion(Question):
    pass


class Answer(models.Model):
    question = models.ForeignKey(Question)
    order = models.IntegerField(default=0)
    text = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    correct = models.BooleanField(default=False)

    class Meta:
        ordering = ['order',]

    def __str__(self):
        return self.text

Why???

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Why tabs and spaces may look aligned in an editor, it throws off the intention check if they are used interchangeably in the same code block.

class Course(models.Model):
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField()
    teacher = models.ForeignKey(User)
    subject = models.CharField(max_length=100) # <--- replace leading TAB with spaces
    # <--- replace leading TAB with spaces