Unexpected indent [duplicate]

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I'm getting IndentationError: unexpected indent even though I wrote the code exactly as shown in the book (Learn Pythhon the hard way)

I'm sure that I'm using exactly four spaces to indent the lines which come after "def".

I am using Python 2.7 on Windows 7.

Here's the error I get in PowerShell:

PS C:\Users\Kiedis\python> python ex25.py
  File "ex25.py", line 3
    return sorted(words)
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent

And here are the first three lines of my code:

def sort_words(words):
    """Sorts the words"""
    return sorted(words)

I'm using Notepadd++ to compile my code, if that matters

kamokoba
– kamokoba

2013-02-09 11:18:32 +00:00
Commented Feb 9, 2013 at 11:18 — kamokoba
– kamokoba, Commented Feb 9, 2013 at 11:18

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:50:36Z

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You are mixing tabs and spaces anyway; run your script with:

python -tt ex25.py

to detect where the error lies.

Then configure your editor to only use spaces for indentation, and re-indent your file. See How does one configure Notepad++ to use spaces instead of tabs?

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:50

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answered Feb 9, 2013 at 11:29

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kamokoba Over a year ago

thank you Martijn. I configured Notepad++ to replace Tab by Space. I'm still getting the same error but i suppose i need to restart Notepad++ and rewrite the whole code manually?

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

You can have Notepad++ fix your indentation for you: Notepad++ tabs to spaces. Did you run python -tt on your script?

kamokoba Over a year ago

yes, I ran python -tt ex25.py and got the following: PS C:\Users\Kiedis\python> python -tt ex25.py File "ex25.py", line 7 word = words.pop(0) ^ TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

@ThomasH.: Then line 7 has mixed tabs and spaces. Run the Leading tabs to spaces TextFX on your file, and see if you need to adjust indentations and safe your file. Then run your code again.

Traple · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-09 11:12:22Z

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Make sure the comment ("""Sorts the words""") is not directly bellow the def sort_words(words). This raises an error. Did this solve your problem?

answered Feb 9, 2013 at 11:12

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kamokoba Over a year ago

no, it's not directly below def... The first double-quote is 4 spaces from the left. And "return" is 4 spaces from the left

Traple Over a year ago

Did you make sure you gave arguments when calling the function? Like sort_words("Words") You already said you used spaces instead of tabs so that can't be the problem.

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