unindent does not match any outer indentation level [duplicate_same]

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When i make error? Don't see errors. Please, help me.

datafile = file('c:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\test.txt')
    for line in datafile:
        if '5256' in line:
            GLOBACCESS[jid]=100
            reply('private', source, u'You license is valid!')
        else:   
            reply('private', source, u'Incorrect password/jid')

Mixing tabs and spaces won't trigger an error in Python 2.x, but it's bad programming practice regardless. Your error lies in the indentation of the for loop. — jayelm, Jan 20 '14 at 21:13
Hint: If you're getting a message saying your question has a duplicate title, you might want to take a look at the question it links to. If you look at the sidebar, you'll notice multiple similar questions that you can look at. For example, [this highly rated one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/492387/indentationerror-unindent-does-not-match-any-outer-indentation-level?rq=1). — thegrinner, Jan 20 '14 at 21:15
@jmu303: that is incorrect. Mixing tabs and spaces does raise errors in python2.x... depending on how you mix them — inspectorG4dget, Jan 20 '14 at 21:16
@inspectorG4dget really? I'm sure you know more than me, I'm just inferring from [PEP 8](http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#tabs-or-spaces) — jayelm, Jan 20 '14 at 21:17
@inspectorG4dget "When invoking the Python 2 command line interpreter with the -t option, it issues warnings about code that illegally mixes tabs and spaces. When using -tt these warnings become errors. These options are highly recommended!" My assumption was that if these options weren't chosen, Python wouldn't throw errors? — jayelm, Jan 20 '14 at 21:19
Python2 interprets tabs as 8 spaces without complaint as long as that works indentation-wise — mhlester, Jan 20 '14 at 21:23
BTW, according to the documentation you shouldn't use `file` to open a file. Use `open` instead. — Matthias, Jan 21 '14 at 08:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '14 at 21:12

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Lines 2 and 3 are using spaces while everything else is using tabs. You always need to use the same, and should choose spaces per pep 8

Line 2 shouldn't be indented at all, with spaces or with tabs

answered Jan 20 '14 at 21:12

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how are you able to tell the difference between spaces and tabs in OP's post? – inspectorG4dget Jan 20 '14 at 21:14
@inspectorG4dget hit edit on the OP's post and look at the raw copy/pasted text. – roippi Jan 20 '14 at 21:16
@inspectorG4dget, click edit to select the original code. Then cancel – mhlester Jan 20 '14 at 21:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 20 '14 at 21:11

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for loop shouldn't be indented.

datafile = file('c:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\test.txt')
for line in datafile:
     if '5256' in line:
        GLOBACCESS[jid]=100
        reply('private', source, u'You license is valid!')
     else:   
        reply('private', source, u'Incorrect password/jid')

edited Jan 20 '14 at 21:11

inspectorG4dget

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answered Jan 20 '14 at 21:10

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unindent does not match any outer indentation level [duplicate_same]

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