dedentation
nounEtymology Blend of de- + indentation.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Informal, Rare The reversal of indentation, moving the text cursor back out from its indented position.
- A new code block is recognized when the amount of indentation has increased, and its termination is signaled by a "dedentation," or a reduction of indentation matching a previous level's.2011, Understanding FOSS Version 3.0i revised:
- Again, as with every code subblock, indentation (and dedentation) are used to delimit blocks of code as well as to indicate which block of code statements belong to […]2006, Wesley Chun, Core Python Programming:
- Synonyms
- outdentation, unindentation