TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

Question

File "F:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\cracker.py", line 56 if line.startswith('

My codes :

if system() == 'Linux':
  banner()
  f = open('/tmp/data.txt', 'rU')
  for line in f:
    if line.startswith('<li><a') == True:
      m = re.search(r'(<a href=")(.+[^>])(">)', line)
      i += 1
      local_name = '%s/file%d.txt' % (fout, i)
      print 'Retrieving...\t\t', site + m.group(2)
      try:  urllib.urlretrieve(site + m.group(2), local_name)
      except IOError:
        print '\n[%s] doesn\'t exist, create it first' % fout
        sys.exit()
    if line.startswith('<img') == True:
      m1 = re.search(r'(<a href=")(.+[^>])(">)', line)
      i += 1
      local_name = '%s/file%d.txt' % (fout, i)
      print 'Retrieving...\t\t', site + m1.group(2)
      try:  urllib.urlretrieve(site + m1.group(2), local_name)
      except IOError:
        print '\n[%s] doesn\'t exist, create it first' % fout
        sys.exit()

All you have to do is reformat your code so its consistent throughout the whole file — heinst, Jun 12 '15 at 15:47
It is exactly what the error says. Use an editor of your choice to use either all tabs or all spaces. — Cory Kramer, Jun 12 '15 at 15:47
File "F:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\cracker.py", line 56 if line.startswith('
possible duplicate of ["inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5685406/inconsistent-use-of-tabs-and-spaces-in-indentation) — JAL, Jun 12 '15 at 15:49
@MEhdiMEhdi we know the error and we're telling you how to fix it — heinst, Jun 12 '15 at 15:49
Possible duplicate of [TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation - Integration MailChimp Django](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56193730/taberror-inconsistent-use-of-tabs-and-spaces-in-indentation-integration-mailc) — Eric Jin, May 17 '19 at 22:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '15 at 15:53

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Use either 4 spaces per indention, or one tab per indention (spaces per tabs can be set in your editor most likely). Mixing tabs and spaces is not allowed. You can fix this by hand (by going through and re-indenting everything) or your editor most likely has a tool that will do this for you.

answered Jun 12 '15 at 15:53

Emmy R

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@MEhdiMEhdi Don't ask us to write code for you. Why don't YOU make the correction based on this answer? – JAL Jun 12 '15 at 15:57
Correction code? The solution has been given above multiple times: your code is incorrectly formatted. What editor are you using? – Emmy R Jun 12 '15 at 15:57

TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

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