Why Am I Getting "Indentationerror: Expected an Indented Block"? [Duplicate]
if len(trashed_files) == 0 :
    print "No files trashed from current dir ('%s')" % os.path.realpath(os.curdir)
else :
    index=raw_input("What file to restore [0..%d]: " % (len(trashed_files)-1))
    if index == "*" :
        for tfile in trashed_files :
            try:
                tfile.restore()
            except IOError, e:
                import sys
                print >> sys.stderr, str(e)
                sys.exit(1)
    elif index == "" :
        print "Exiting"
    else :
        index = int(index)
        try:
            trashed_files[index].restore()
        except IOError, e:
            import sys
            print >> sys.stderr, str(e)
            sys.exit(1)

I am getting:

        elif index == "" :
        ^
    IndentationError: expected an indented block
2

6 Answers

As the error message indicates, you have an indentation error. It is probably caused by a mix of tabs and spaces.

6

There are in fact multiples things you need to know about indentation in Python:

Python really cares about indention.

In a lot of other languages the indention is not necessary but improves readability. In Python indentation replaces the keyword begin / end or { } and is therefore necessary.

This is verified before the execution of the code, therefore even if the code with the indentation error is never reached, it won't work.

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