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How do I autoformat some Python code to be correctly formatted? [closed]

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autopep8

autopep8 would auto-format your python script. not only the code indentation, but also other coding spacing styles. It makes your python script to conform PEP8 Style Guide.

pip install autopep8
autopep8 your_script.py    # dry-run, only print
autopep8 -i your_script.py # replace content

Update:

Many editors have pep8 plugins that automatically reformat your code right after you save the file. py-autopep8 in emacs

yapf

yapf is a new and better python code formatter. which tries to get the best formatting, not just to conform the guidelines. The usage is quite the same as autopep8.

pip install yapf
yapf your_script.py    # dry-run, only print
yapf -i your_script.py # replace content

For more information, like formatting configurations, please read the README.rst on yapf github

Update 2:

Black

Black is much better than yapf. It's smarter and fits most complex formatting cases.

Answer from d2207197 on Stack Overflow

Python documentation

docs.python.org › 3 › tutorial › inputoutput.html

7. Input and Output — Python 3.14.3 documentation

To use formatted string literals, begin a string with f or F before the opening quotation mark or triple quotation mark. Inside this string, you can write a Python expression between { and } characters that can refer to variables or literal values.

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autopep8

autopep8 would auto-format your python script. not only the code indentation, but also other coding spacing styles. It makes your python script to conform PEP8 Style Guide.

pip install autopep8
autopep8 your_script.py    # dry-run, only print
autopep8 -i your_script.py # replace content

Update:

Many editors have pep8 plugins that automatically reformat your code right after you save the file. py-autopep8 in emacs

yapf

yapf is a new and better python code formatter. which tries to get the best formatting, not just to conform the guidelines. The usage is quite the same as autopep8.

pip install yapf
yapf your_script.py    # dry-run, only print
yapf -i your_script.py # replace content

For more information, like formatting configurations, please read the README.rst on yapf github

Update 2:

Black

Black is much better than yapf. It's smarter and fits most complex formatting cases.

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Edit: Nowadays, I would recommend autopep8, since it not only corrects indentation problems but also (at your discretion) makes code conform to many other PEP8 guidelines.

Use reindent.py. It should come with the standard distribution of Python, though on Ubuntu you need to install the python2.6-examples package.

You can also find it on the web.

This script attempts to convert any python script to conform with the 4-space standard.

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