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

def my_function(): # This line does not have any indents
    print ("This is my function") # This line is indented once

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

0
This is my loop

1
This is my loop

2
This is my loop

3
This is my loop

4
This is my loop

Ended Loop

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