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How to fix the Python code to avoid a pycodestyle error E262 (inline comment should start with '# ')?

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January 20, 2026 Score: 6 Rep: 165,246 Quality: Expert Completeness: 70%

That check wants exactly one space after the pound sign

#  Wrong
Right

and so you need to delete spaces in your comments

   7: "cc"     #  See?
              ^^ two spaces where there should be only one

PEP 8 is the official Python style guide, and that says explicitly about inline comments

They should start with a # and a single space.

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