Please, I need someone to explain to me the indentation of the else statement.

Question

https://code.sololearn.com/c343etna9zTn/?ref=app

Answer 1

Rebecca ,

a general recommendation about indentation of python code:

>>> a good and correct indentation gives a good readability of the code. it is recommended to use 4 spaces per indentation level.

this is the official style guide for python (PEP 8):

https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/#indentation

Answer 2

Instead of clicking 2 or 3 times for space I would suggest use tab which takes 4 space. If you use tab, indentation will be always correct

Answer 3

https://code.sololearn.com/c2Uy2e5QHYGI/?ref=app
https://code.sololearn.com/cmmTiDi8mr03/?ref=app
https://code.sololearn.com/cT5BRIbkia21/?ref=app

Answer 4

Lothar I normally use three spaces for indentation in Python. Four spaces are too much after my opinion, and in the beginning, I even only used two spaces, but later I found out that three spaces was great for me.

Answer 5

Rebecca if an else statements also have the same indentation, but a for loop can also have an else statement.

Answer 6

A͢J I'm old fashioned. I cannot have all those spaces😂😂

Answer 7

It's more convenient doing it this way instead.

contacts = dict(contacts)
a = input()
if a in contacts:
print(a + " is " + str(contacts[a]))
else:
print("Not found")

Answer 8

For loop statement and the else statement have the same indentation but i was expecting the if and else statements to have the same indentation.

Answer 9

I think going by the default in most Python IDLE is good way to have it on codes.