Can someone explain "diff = \ floor(a - b))" in Python?

Question

I am a beginner in python and I am trying to understand the statement. It is diff = \ floor(a - b)). What does the \ mean in this statement?

Thank you.

Please provide a [minimal reproducible example](https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example). — a_guest, Jan 02 '21 at 20:38
Appears to be a syntax error, as the statement is incomplete. — S3DEV, Jan 02 '21 at 20:40
your example raises a syntax error. is it even working for you? If you mean something else, please your question with details — Moinuddin Quadri, Jan 02 '21 at 20:41
I don't see how we can call this a dup when all we really have is a syntax error. Does this code appear on two lines? — tdelaney, Jan 02 '21 at 20:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '21 at 20:40

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\ means the code continues on the next line

answered Jan 02 '21 at 20:40

limserhane

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Assuming the backslash is immediately followed by a newline, anyway. – chepner Jan 02 '21 at 20:40
I think OP needs to clean up the example before we can know. The code has a backslash and an extra closing paren. Maybe its a fragment of a longer expression. Maybe its flat out wrong. – tdelaney Jan 02 '21 at 20:47

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