Look at the following code snippets and decide which ones follow PEP 8 recommendations for whitespaces in expressions and statements. (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. No whitespace immediately before the opening parenthesis that starts the list of arguments of a C. No whitespace between a trailing comma and a following closing parenthesis. PEP 8 recommends avoiding extraneous whitespace immediately inside parentheses, brackets or PEP 8 recommends avoiding extraneous whitespace between a trailing comma and a following close parenthesis 1.

PEP and Best Practices

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Exhibits

Options

ANo whitespace immediately before the opening parenthesis that starts the list of arguments of a
BA whitespace immediately before a comma, semicolon, and colon
CNo whitespace between a trailing comma and a following closing parenthesis
DA whitespace immediately after the opening parenthesis that starts indexing or slicing

How the community answered

(55 responses)

A
95% (52)
B
4% (2)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

PEP 8 recommends avoiding extraneous whitespace immediately inside parentheses, brackets or PEP 8 recommends avoiding extraneous whitespace between a trailing comma and a following close parenthesis 1.

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