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

Question

I have a long line of code that I want to break up among multiple lines. What do I use and what is the syntax?

For example, adding a bunch of strings,

Answer 1

Use the line continuation operator i.e. "\"

Examples:

# Ex.1

x = 1
s =  x + x**2/2 + x**3/3 \
       + x**4/4 + x**5/5 \
       + x**6/6 + x**7/7 \
       + x**8/8
print(s)
# 2.7178571428571425


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# Ex.2

text = ('Put several strings within parentheses ' \
        'to have them joined together.')
print(text)


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# Ex.3

x = 1
s =  x + x**2/2 \
       + x**3/3 \
       + x**4/4 \
       + x**6/6 \
       + x**8/8
print(s)
# 2.3749999999999996