Some statements may become very long and may force you to scroll the screen left and right frequently. You can fit your code in such a way that you do not have to scroll here and there. Python allows you to write a single statement in multiple lines, also known as line continuation. Line continuation enhances readability as well.
* Implicit Line Continuation. This is the most straightforward technique in writing a statement that spans multiple lines. Any statement containing opening parentheses (‘(‘), brackets (‘[‘), or curly braces (‘{‘) is presumed to be incomplete until all matching parentheses, square brackets, and curly braces have been encountered. Until then, the statement can be implicitly continued across lines without raising an error.
* Explicit Line Continuation. Explicit Line joining is used mostly when implicit line joining is not applicable. In this method, you have to use a character that helps the interpreter to understand that the particular statement is spanning more than one lines. Backslash (\\) is used to indicate that a statement spans more than one line. The point is to be noted that ”\\" must be the last character in that line, even white-space is not allowed.
```
if (2 >
1):
print\
(2)
```