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.. versionadded:: 3.2
+.. function:: indent(tree, space=" ", level=0)
+
+ Appends whitespace to the subtree to indent the tree visually.
+ This can be used to generate pretty-printed XML output.
+ *tree* can be an Element or ElementTree. *space* is the whitespace
+ string that will be inserted for each indentation level, two space
+ characters by default. For indenting partial subtrees inside of an
+ already indented tree, pass the initial indentation level as *level*.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.9
+
+
.. function:: iselement(element)
Checks if an object appears to be a valid element object. *element* is an