In python, the main way of formatting your code will be through indents. Indentation is tabs of white pass that ‘group’ code together with each other.
For example, if you are using a for
loop, every thing under the loop that is indented will be run with the loop. Once you go back to 0 indents, then python will know that you’re done with the loop code.
for i in range (5): print (i) # This line is indented once print ("This is my loop") # This line is also indented once print () # Finally, this line is also indented print ("Ended Loop") # This line is back to 0 indents
Python Indents Code Sample
Let’s look at a quick code sample
In [1]:
def my_function(): # This line does not have any indents
print ("This is my function") # This line is indented once
In [4]:
for i in range (5):
print (i) # This line is indented once
print ("This is my loop") # This line is also indented once
print () # Finally, this line is also indented
print ("Ended Loop") # This line is back to 0 indents
All of the 'print' lines in the for loop above are on the same indent.
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