title: syntax error unexpected character after line continuation character
body: <p>Can anybody tell me what's wrong in my program? When I run this program I get the following error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>syntaxerror unexpected character after line continuation character</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>import sqlite3
  sqlite_file = 'my_first_db.sqlite'   # NAME OF THE SQL DATABASE FILE
  table_name1 = 'my_table_1'  # NAME OF THE TABLE THAT TO BE CREATED.
  table_name2 = 'my_table_2'  # NAME OF THE SECOND TABLE THAT TO BE CREATED.
  new_filed = 'my_1st_coulmn' # NAME OF THE COULMN
  filed_type = 'INTEGER'      # COULMN DATA TYPE
  # CONNECTING TO DATA BASE FILE
  conn = sqlite3.connect(sqlite_file)
  c =  conn.cursor()
  # CREATEING NEW SQLITE TABLE WITH 1 COULMN
  c.execute('create table {tn} ({nf}) {ft})'\ .format(tn=table_name1,nf=new_filed,ft=filed_type))
  # Creating a second table with 1 column and set it as PRIMARY KEY
  # note that PRIMARY KEY column must consist of unique values!
  c.execute('create table {tn} ({nf}) {ft} primary key)'\.format(tn=table_name2,nf=new_filed,ft=filed_type))
  # Committing changes and closing the connection to the database file
  conn.commit()
  conn.close()
  </code></pre>