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i crated a simple tic tac toe game in python and it keeps telling me i have an indentation problem i will appreciate if someone would be able to help me. here's the code of the game:

Indentation problems can be caused by mixing spaces and tabs because a tab is a different number of spaces in the IDE than from the command line for example. Check that the program uses spaces only for indentation

After the winner function definition, there is a piece of code with a different indentation level. One space I as I see it.

Next time post the code between code tags. A picture cannot be tested if we want to.

here's the code properly

def printboard(a,b,c):
	print(a)
	print(b)
	print(c)

def draw(*biglist):
	draww=true
	for i in biglist:
		if i=="":
			draww=false
		else:
			pass
		 	
    return draww
    def winner(a,b,c):
	iswinner=false
	if a[0]=="X" and a[1]=="X" and a[2]=="X":
		iswinner=true
	elif b[0]=="X" and b[1]=="X" and b[2]=="X":
		iswinner=true	
    elif c[0]=="X" and c[1]=="X" and c[2]=="X":
		iswinner=true	
    elif a[0]=="X" and b[0]=="X" and c[0]=="X":
		iswinner=true
	elif a[1]=="X" and b[1]=="X" and c[1]=="X":
		iswinner=true	
	elif a[2]=="X" and b[2]=="X" and c[2]=="X":
		iswinner=true
	elif a[0]=="X" and b[1]=="X" and c[2]=="X":
		iswinner=true
	elif a[2]=="X" and b[1]=="X" and c[0]=="X":
		iswinner=true
	elif a[0]=="O" and a[1]=="O" and a[2]=="O":
		iswinner=true
	elif b[0]=="O" and b[1]=="O" and b[2]=="O":
		iswinner=true	
    elif c[0]=="O" and c[1]=="O" and c[2]=="O":
		iswinner=true	
    elif a[0]=="O" and b[0]=="O" and c[0]=="O":
		iswinner=true
	elif a[1]=="O" and b[1]=="O" and c[1]=="O":
		iswinner=true	
	elif a[2]=="O" and b[2]=="O" and c[2]=="O":
		iswinner=true
	elif a[0]=="O" and b[1]=="O" and c[2]=="O":
		iswinner=true
	elif a[2]=="O" and b[1]=="O" and c[0]=="O":
		iswinner=true											
    return iswinner
    
gameon=true
player1=input("do you want to be X or O")
turn=1
if player1=="X":
 player2="O"	
else:
 player2="X"


list1=["","",""]
list2=["","",""]
list3=["","",""]
print("enjoy the game")
printboard(list1,list2,list3)

while gameon:
	if turn%2!=0:
		player="player1"
		answer=input("chose the location you want to insert player1 (1-9)")
	else:
	    player="player2"
	    answer=input("chose the location you want to insert player2 (1-9)")
     

    if player=="player1":
 		if answer>=1 and answer<=3:		
 		list1[answer-1]=player1
   	    elif answer>=4 and answer<=6:		
 		list2[answer-4]=player1
    	else:  
   	    list3[answer-7]=player1
 
    else:
		if answer>=1 and answer<=3:		
 		list1[answer-1]=player1
    	elif answer>=4 and answer<=6:		
 		list2[answer-4]=player2
   	    else:  
        list3[answer-7]=player3

    if draw(list1,list2,list3):
    	print("its a draw")
    	gameon=false

    if winner(list1,list2,list3):
    	if turn%2==0:
    		print("the winner is player 2")
    		gameon=false
    	else:
    		print("the winner is player 1")
    		gameon=false
    		

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can you please let me know in witch line is the indentation problem (i know its a few)

In this area:

if player1=="X":
 player2="O"    
else:
 player2="X"

Indentation is off, should be 4 spaces.

ty but it keeps telling me that in this part that's an indentation problem either:

 if player=="player1":
        if answer>=1 and answer<=3:       
        list1[answer-1]=player1
        elif answer>=4 and answer<=6:     
        list2[answer-4]=player1
        else:  
        list3[answer-7]=player1
  
    else:
        if answer>=1 and answer<=3:       
        list1[answer-1]=player1
        elif answer>=4 and answer<=6:     
        list2[answer-4]=player2
        else:  
        list3[answer-7]=player3
 
    if draw(list1,list2,list3):
        print("its a draw")
        gameon=false
 
    if winner(list1,list2,list3):
        if turn%2==0:
            print("the winner is player 2")
            gameon=false
        else:
            print("the winner is player 1")
            gameon=false
             

4 spaces per indentation level,

if player=="player1":
       if answer>=1 and answer<=3:       
       list1[answer-1]=player1
       elif answer>=4 and answer<=6:     
       list2[answer-4]=player1
       else:  
       list3[answer-7]=player1

has 8, not 4

i fixed it but it keeps saying:

Error:
File "<tokenize>", line 75
    if player=="player1":
    ^
IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level

Quote:IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level

if player=="player1": is at a different indentation level than if turn%2!=0: (outer indentation level) Again, it could be mixing tabs and spaces that causes this. Most editors have a "replace tabs with spaces" option.

this is not rocket science, start at line one and look at each line, make sure indentation for that line is correct and continue to end.