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while True:
     password = ''
    # Generate password
    for _ in range(length):
        password += secrets.choice(all_characters)

I belive my while True loop is correct.I am not able to complete this step due to level of indentation. I am doing what this post say
Also, my editor doesn’t report any error …the script run pefectly.
I am wondering if you can give me a trick to easily find out the issue with the level of indentation.

Thanks

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here you have different levels of indentation, they need to match, they should be 8 spaces from the beginning of the line

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Dear Ilenia…I am trying and trying but nothing. What is strange that on my editor code run without any issue. And my editor does the indentation automatically . What I am doing wrong??
the script below run without problem in my editor.

import secrets
import string

def generate_password(length):
    # Define the possible characters for the password
    letters = string.ascii_letters
    digits = string.digits
    symbols = string.punctuation

    # Combine all characters
    all_characters = letters + digits + symbols
    while True:
     password = ''
    # Generate password
    for _ in range(length):
        password += secrets.choice(all_characters)
        return password
    
# new_password = generate_password(8)
# print(new_password)
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the things inside the while loop need to be indented 8 spaces, the things inside the for loop by 12

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I do not know…I tried all the cobination…I give up for today…

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this line is indented by 5 spaces, the following one by 4, you need to put this in line with the others

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Also return password should not be in the for loop. I don’t understand having the while loop. It is not being used.

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the while is going to execute, creating a different password at each iteration, until the password satisfy all given costraints

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sorry I must be tired now: it doesn’t work for me. …I will try later…thank you all…

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I understand, now that I’ve seen the exercise.

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You’re auto-formatter does not seem reliable. Especially since it can only interpret your intention.

I don’t think you should use an auto-formatter when you are learning Python. The formatting is syntax, and not just for readability.

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Guys…I do not know… This is not normal, I can not move to the next step. I did all the indentation combinations but nothing. I made the code in my Visual studio code and run it immediately and worked fine. It from last night that I am not able to move on.

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Put your password variable declaration and the following for loop inside a while loop.

The fCC editor has lines where you can clearly see the different indentations

Screenshot 2024-03-20 141027

Everything in the same block of code should be at the same indentation.

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You only need to do the correct one. Show your updated code here.

This is normal actually.

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while loop:
    code
    code
    for loop:
        code
        code

This is an example of indentation of a for loop nested in a while loop.

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