Statement Syntax

The statement syntax for Python is very simple. In general, each source line is a single statement. Except for expression and assignment statements, each statement is introduced by a keyword name, such as if or for. Blank lines or remark lines can be inserted anywhere between any statements in the code. If there is more than one statement on a line, each statement must be separated by a semicolon (;).

Very long statements can continue on more than one line. In this case the statement that is to continue on to the next line must end with a backslash (\), for example:

x = "A loooooooooooooooooooong string" + \
     "another looooooooooooooooooong string"

When a structure is enclosed by parentheses (()), brackets ([]), or curly braces ({}), the statement can be continued on to a new line after any comma, without having to insert a backslash, for example:

x = (1, 2, 3, "hello",
      "goodbye", 4, 5, 6)