Editing continuation

Line continuation enables long lines of code to split across several lines for the purpose of making them easier to read. == The backslash symbol as a continuation character == In [[awk]], the [[backslash]] symbol can be used as a continuation character, enabling a [[statement]] to be split across several lines: {{{ BEGIN { # The backslash symbol can be used to spread a statement across several lines print \ "Hello World!" exit } }}} === Continuation characters must be appropriately placed within a statement === In awk, a continuation character should not be placed in the middle of a [[keyword]], [[literal string]] or [[regular expression]]: {{{ # Do not split a regular expression # /foo\ # bar/ { print $1 } # Whitespace is the best place to split a line /foobar / \ { print $1 } # Comments cannot be split with a backslash symbol \ # because the backlash is treated as part of the comment }}}

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