# Error in Time Script

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 5, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443 "2024-06-05T20:58:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Stephanie\_Aguiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stephanie\_Aguiar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Stephanie_Aguiar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443/1 "2024-06-05T20:58:17Z")

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![Screenshot 2024-06-05 135634](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/9/0970e59371a0ed0ac9db139c6c9d693a62767d2c.png)  
Does anyone know what may be this error or what I can fix?

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Ahlstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Ryan\_Ahlstrom](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Ahlstrom)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443/2 "2024-06-05T21:02:23Z")

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At a quick glance your indenting is off to start. Is your values variable meant to be a integer or an array? Line 4 needs an indent or will throw a syntax error from the if statement.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443/3 "2024-06-05T21:02:43Z")

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Python doesn't allow arbitrary indentation. Top level code that isn't in a conditional block or function/class definition must not be indented.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443/4 "2024-06-07T14:07:34Z")

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> [@Ryan\_Ahlstrom](#):
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> your path needs to be a string but is surrounded by "[" "]",

It's a list of paths, with a list of values used in writeBlocking. That part is correct.

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Ahlstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Ryan\_Ahlstrom](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Ahlstrom)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443/5 "2024-06-07T14:13:06Z")

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Thanks! Edit my post to fix.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-time-script/91443/6 "2024-06-07T16:33:03Z")

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As Phil said, you need to outdent your code. There is no `def ...` in your script so the line(s) shouldn't start with a tab or spaces. Move them all to column 1.