What does indent / indentation mean ?

Answer 1

To indicate a block of code in Python, you must indent each line of the block by the same amount. The two blocks of code in our example if-statement are both indented four spaces, which is a typical amount of indentation for Python.
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Answer 2

Indention makes the code blocks more 'readable'. Embedding comments also helps