title: syntaxerror: "unexpected character after line continuation character in python" math
body: <p>I am having problems with this Python program I am creating to do maths, working out and so solutions but I'm getting the syntaxerror: "unexpected character after line continuation character in python"</p>
  
  <p>this is my code</p>
  
  <pre><code>print("Length between sides: "+str((length*length)*2.6)+" \ 1.5 = "+str(((length*length)*2.6)\1.5)+" Units")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My problem is with <b>\1.5</b> I have tried <b>\1.5</b> but it doesn't work</p>
  
  <p>Using python 2.7.2</p>