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Connor Niblett
675 PointsWhy do error logs not specify the line where the error is actually present?
At 6:39 in the video the instructor explains that the indentation error is actually present on line 9. However, the error code the console provides specifies the error is on line ten. I was wondering why the console would incorrectly identify the position of the error?
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Travis Alstrand
Data Analysis Techdegree Graduate 49,443 PointsHey Connor Niblett !
So this happens due to the way the Python interpreter parses and processes the code. It reads it line by line and will hold off on declaring an error until it can confirm that there's an indentation error. Usually it's not until it has passed the line to see what was next.
I seem to get pretty accurate error messages most of the time though regarding the line in my text editors, but if you do see one and it doesn't quite look right, I would look up a line or two and double check those just in case.
Connor Niblett
675 PointsFor clarity I was referencing the comparisons video in the Python basics course, types and branching chapter.