IndentationError: expected an indented block - Don't know where this comes from

Question

I built this function and don't understand, why it doesn't work:

def give_age_of(birthday):

    import datetime
    from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta

    aging = birthday
    totoday = datetime.date.today()
    age_of = relativedelta(totoday,aging).years

    return age_of

 File "<ipython-input-258-df8b9618ac1f>", line 5
    import datetime
    ^
IndentationError: expected an indented block

There are no indentation errors in the code you posted. Make sure you're not mixing tabs and spaces. — Woodford, Nov 22 '21 at 21:04
Does this answer your question? [I'm getting an IndentationError. How do I fix it?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45621722/im-getting-an-indentationerror-how-do-i-fix-it) — wjandrea, Nov 22 '21 at 21:07
BTW, welcome to Stack Overflow! Check out [ask] if you want tips. — wjandrea, Nov 22 '21 at 21:11
@KlausD. I didn't copy some #comments if that is what you mean? — Charmduell, Nov 22 '21 at 21:19
If you have a traceback with line number you should make sure they match. — Klaus D., Nov 22 '21 at 21:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 21:29

Ok, so I got it, thanks to KlausD. The code that actually doesn't work is the following, but I found the solution myself already. I had to dedent the comment in line 1.

    # blablabla

def give_age_of(birthday):

    import datetime 
    from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta

    aging = birthday
    totoday = datetime.date.today()
    age_of = relativedelta(totoday,aging).years

    return age_of

IndentationError: expected an indented block - Don't know where this comes from

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