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I want to add a quick note about this spacing that we see in this code now, this isn't just for Python

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in other languages, you'll always see this.

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You're not going to see that every single line of code always starts as well in the first space.

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Different languages will use this differently, but in order to organize code, usually you'll see some

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indentation like this.

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Now, Python, however, is unique because the indentation in spaces that we see here.

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Makes the interpreter see it and say, hey, this means something.

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The interpreter would actually see the space and say because there space here.

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I know that this is part of the if block in other languages like JavaScript, well, you have something

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similar, but usually you'll have an if statement and then some condition followed by make sure I spell

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condition.

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Right, followed by something like a curly brace.

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And in here, whatever is in here, you can see that I still get the space and I can do whatever I want.

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But JavaScript interpreter doesn't really care that their spaces.

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If I want, I could write my code just on one line like this and it's still valid JavaScript code.

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So people usually do the spacing more for style purposes, Python, on the other hand, is not just

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for styling that we do this, but because the interpreter actually finds meaning in the spaces, which

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is actually one of the big selling point with Python.

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It's a very clean there's no extra stuff here that makes it difficult.

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I mean, it's just English, right?

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If is old and if it is licensed, then print this.

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It just really nice to read and really clean.

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Now, if you notice here, my editor and we're going to talk about editors and IDs in an upcoming section.

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But if you are using the proper tools, this automatically is created for you.

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Now, in the programming world, there's this debate about Tab's and spaces and we're going to get into

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it, it's frankly a little bit silly.

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That is, some people prefer to hear if they want to create a space, they might use spaces or they

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might use taps.

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At the end of the day, with Python, the rule is you can use spaces, you can use the tab.

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But the idea that if you use spaces, you usually use four spaces.

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It's just a standard.

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Now, if you notice here.

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I actually don't have four spaces, it's two spaces here.

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And that is because up until now, well, I've just been following along whatever this Ed gives me,

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but if you look over here, there's an auto format, but if I click on this, it automatically formats

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my code.

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Into the appropriate format, and you see right over here that I now have four spaces, but you see

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that the code still works.

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Again, it's because at the end of the day, the important part is that there's a distinction between

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hierarchies that is the top and then maybe the children.

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But the interpreter itself is going to notice these spaces.

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So you do have to be careful because based on where this print is, as soon as I add a tab in here and

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I click run.

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What I get is old and is lysis, but as soon as one of this is false.

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And I click Ron.

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You see that, OK, OK.

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He runs only if this condition fails again, if previously both of these were true.

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I only get the first line printed so that little space here changes the outcome of my program.

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So you have to really be careful with this and luckily your editor or where you code is going to help

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you out with this.

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But it is a gotcha that if you're just starting out, you want to be mindful of.

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All right.

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No more debates about spaces and tabs.

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I'll see you in the next video.

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Bye bye.