New line on Python

Question

while (0 > ship_row_1_1 or ship_row_1_1 > 9) or (0 > ship_row_1_2 or ship_row_1_2 > 9)\n
or(0 > ship_col_1_1 or ship_col_1_1 > 9) or (0 > ship_col_1_2 or ship_col_1_2 > 9):

I'm using python 2.7.6 and ran into an error I'm unsure of. This line was to long and I was having to side scroll to view the end so I tried adding the '\n' which I thought would let me continue the code on the next line. The problem is I get the error: "There's an error in your program: unexpected character after line continuation character"

There's no space or anything after the '\n' so I'm unsure why I'm getting this error.

I'm a beginner so any help is appreciated and thanks in advance

possible duplicate of [How can I do a line break (line continuation) in Python?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/53162/how-can-i-do-a-line-break-line-continuation-in-python) — ivan_pozdeev, Apr 01 '14 at 13:04
Try your best to avoid having to use `\\` in python to have multiple line operations — Tim, Apr 01 '14 at 13:04
Through to break a line use \ or parentheses `(` `)`, But Python Also provides `any()` and `all()` functions to write conditional expression nicely. — Grijesh Chauhan, Apr 01 '14 at 15:26

sshashank124 · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-01T22:20:25.990

5

You simply add a \ and not a \n as follows:

Simple example

def say_hi():
    while True\
        and 1==1\
        and 2==2:
        print 'hello'

Your Case

while (0 > ship_row_1_1 or ship_row_1_1 > 9) or (0 > ship_row_1_2 or ship_row_1_2 > 9)\
or(0 > ship_col_1_1 or ship_col_1_1 > 9) or (0 > ship_col_1_2 or ship_col_1_2 > 9):

edited Apr 01 '14 at 22:20

answered Apr 01 '14 at 13:01

sshashank124

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@user3485148, If my answer was helpful, would you mind accepting it? Thanks – sshashank124 Apr 01 '14 at 13:08
Sshashank single `#` heading looks too large, try with three `###` I think you will better like. – Grijesh Chauhan Apr 01 '14 at 15:23
@Grijesh, Ah, I didn't even know that. Thank you very much – sshashank124 Apr 01 '14 at 22:21
yes I knew you are new at SO. I never read [markdown notes](http://stackoverflow.com/editing-help) Whenver I see a nicely formatted answer (that I can't do) I just ckick on edit to see how answer is written. :) – Grijesh Chauhan Apr 02 '14 at 05:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '14 at 13:07

'\n' is the newline character. It only has meaning inside strings, where it splits the line. If you want to continue a line of code, just use a single '\'. The error is saying that Python doesn't know what to do with the 'n' it found after you told it with the '\' that you were going to continue on the next line.

New line on Python

2 Answers2

Simple example

Your Case