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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance DRY

Hannah Dickey
Hannah Dickey
5,986 Points
Posted by Hannah Dickey
Hannah Dickey
5,986 Points

Tabs and spacing inconsistency

Hi I was trying to test out my code and I received a tabs and spacing inconsistency error please help. here is my code https://w.trhou.se/8jw5y4kvey

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You can't mix using tabs and spaces to indent. Choose either and stick to it! According to PEP 8, it recommends spaces, but tabs are also allowable. It is allowed to mix spaces and tabs in Python 2, but isn't recommended, and in Python 3, it would actually cause an error if you try to.