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Python Write Better Python Cleaner Code Indentation

Daniel Kondakov
Daniel Kondakov
1,214 Points
Posted by Daniel Kondakov
Daniel Kondakov
1,214 Points

I cannot understand where I made the mistake

I tried this code and I am given an error, where have I made my mistake?

starter.py 
def small_function():
    return True

def bigger_function():
    a = 2
    b = 4
return a, b

1 Answer

Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
Treehouse Staff

Hey Daniel Kondakov 👋

You'll want to have a look at your return statement as that is currently not indented correctly. You'll want to make sure that it's indented to be nested inside your bigger_function() at the same level as a and b: 

def bigger_function():
    a = 2
    b = 4
    return a, b

Hope this helps!