Question

im teaching myself python but i dont quite understand what whitespace is...someone care to explain

Answer 1

Traditionally, whitespace is any form of spacing. This means one or more spaces and/or tabs.

In Python there is a little more to it. While it is still the spaces and tabs, they are significant. In Python, these are indentations in the code that determine if something is part of a function, loop, etc.

For example:
```
if spam:
x = 1
y = 2
z = 3
```

In that code, z is always 3, but the whitespace of 4 spaces tells Python that x and y are only set if spam is true.

If I had used four spaces for one qand a tab for the other, Python would tell me the code is broken.

Answer 2

oooh wow...nicely explained. thanks