How can I do a line break (line continuation) in Python?

In Python, you can use the \ character to indicate a line continuation. For example:

Using the backslash () for line continuation

x = 1 + 2 + 3 + \
    4 + 5 + 6
print(x)

You can also use parentheses, brackets, or braces to indicate a line continuation. For example:

Implicit line continuation with parentheses, brackets, or braces

x = (1 + 2 + 3 +
     4 + 5 + 6)

y = [1, 2, 3,
     4, 5, 6]

z = {1: "one",
     2: "two"}
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)

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You can also separate multiple statements on a single line using a semicolon (;). Note that this acts as a statement separator, not a line continuation operator, and does not join lines into a single logical statement.

Separating multiple statements on one line

x = 1 + 2 + 3 ; print(x)

For multi-line strings, you can use triple quotes (""" or '''). This preserves line breaks within the string literal rather than serving as a general code continuation method.

Creating multi-line strings with triple quotes

x = """
This is a
multi-line string
"""
print(x)