Question

I am following a beginners tutorial on Python, there is a small exercise where I have to add an extra function call and print a line between verses, this works fine if I print an empty line in between function calls but if I add an empty print line to the end of my happyBirthday() I get an indent error, without the added print line all works fine though, any suggestions as to why?

Here is the code:

def happyBirthday(person):
    print("Happy Birthday to you!")
    print("Happy Birthday to you!")
    print("Happy Birthday, dear " + person + ".")
    print("Happy Birthday to you!")
    print("\n") #error line

happyBirthday('Emily')
happyBirthday('Andre')
happyBirthday('Maria')

Answer 1

You will always only get an indent error if there is actually an indent error. Double check that your final line is indented the same was as the other lines — either with spaces or with tabs. Most likely, some of the lines had spaces (or tabs) and the other line had tabs (or spaces).

Trust in the error message — if it says something specific, assume it to be true and figure out why.