Question

What is pass in Python?

Answer 1

The pass keyword represents a null operation in Python. It is generally used for the purpose of filling up empty blocks of code which may execute during runtime but has yet to be written. Without the pass statement in the following code, we may run into some errors during code execution.

def myEmptyFunc():
    # do nothing
    pass

myEmptyFunc()    # nothing happens

## Without the pass keyword
# File "<stdin>", line 3
# IndentationError: expected an indented block