Discord Bot Indentation error: Unindent does not match any outer indentation level

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This line is part of a simple Discord bot python script, but that's not important. It keeps saying "Indentation Error: Unindent does not match any outer indentation level" I discovered how to fix the other Indentation error with tabs and spaces, but I still don't know why this error constantly occurs... Here's the line of code:

async def cmd_clean(self, message, channel, server, author, search_range=50):        

    try:
        float(search_range)  # lazy check
        search_range = min(int(search_range), 1000)
    except:
        return Response("enter a number.  NUMBER.  That means digits.  `15`.  Etc.", reply=True, delete_after=8)

I'm somewhat new to python.
That line is part of a cleaning command that will clear the bot's previous messages.

The error precisely tells you what's wrong: when you unindented your code, it did not match another indentation level. Besides, a single line of code cannot raise an indentation error. Indentation is relative, so at least two lines are needed. — Right leg, Aug 30 '17 at 12:09
Press `Ctrl+A` and then press `Shift+Tab` and try to re-Indent whole code. — Anurag Misra, Aug 30 '17 at 12:09
@AustinWang Please append this to your original post by clicking `edit`. Format it as in your code. There is no way an indentation error could be found if all the code is on a single line and not indented as in the original code, since it's an error due to **formatting**. — Right leg, Aug 30 '17 at 12:13
It keeps saying Indentation error on my computer for no reason. ok — Austin Wang, Aug 30 '17 at 12:17
Your code runs perfectly for me. The problem certainly lies in your file itself. — Right leg, Aug 30 '17 at 12:18
You may find https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45621722/im-getting-an-indentationerror-how-do-i-fix-it to helpful. — Christian Dean, Aug 30 '17 at 12:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '17 at 12:23

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def cmd_clean(self, message, channel, server, author, search_range=50):
    try:
        float(search_range)  # lazy check
        search_range = min(int(search_range), 1000)
    except:
        return Response("enter a number.  NUMBER.  That means digits.  `15`.  Etc.", reply=True, delete_after=8)

try is code I have properly indented it, and I am sure that async can't be before def. If this solution don't work for you can you post your full code.?

answered Aug 30 '17 at 12:23

Anurag Misra

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That means it would be over 1800 lines long. I got most of the code from https://github.com/Just-Some-Bots/MusicBot/blob/master/musicbot/bot.py – Austin Wang Aug 30 '17 at 12:28
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ok I got it. Do one thing download [pycharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/) and copy paste that code in pycharm. After that press `Ctrl+A` and then press `Ctrl+Alt+L`. I hope your problem will be solved – Anurag Misra Aug 30 '17 at 12:35

Discord Bot Indentation error: Unindent does not match any outer indentation level

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