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Or by creating a python file on the server, using the .py file extension, and
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Python Indentation

Indentation refers to the spaces at the beginning of a code line.

Where in other programming languages the indentation in code is for readability

Python uses indentation to indicate a block of code.

Python will give you an error if you skip the indentation:

Syntax Error:
if 5 > 2:
print("Five is greater than two!")

The number of spaces is up to you as a programmer, the most common use is four, but
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Example
if 5 > 2:
print("Five is greater than two!")
if 5 > 2:
print("Five is greater than two!")

You have to use the same number of spaces in the same block of code, otherwise
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Syntax Error:
if 5 > 2:
print("Five is greater than two!")
print("Five is greater than two!")
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In Python, variables are created when you assign a value to it:

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Python has no command for declaring a variable.

You will learn more about variables in the Python Variables chapter.
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print("Hello, World!")
Exercise?

True or False: Indentation in Python is for readability only.

True
False

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