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if a statement is too long to fit on one line (too long means it would
get cut-off or poorly wrapped when printed), then you should split it
across multiple lines.  the main things to remember are:

+ you may not split an identifier (name)
+ to split a string, you must break it up into smaller strings
  and concatenate them back together.

for example,

  System.out.println("this statement is 2 long for 1 line");

could be written as

  System.out.println("this statement is 2" +
                     " long for 1 line");

note that $ $ at the start of the string on the second line;
without it, $2$ and $long$ would be put together as $2long$
instead of $2 long$, with a space between them.

the following also produces the same output as the original, 
but the formatting is a little confusing, since $(100-98)$ is split:

  System.out.println("this statement is " + (100-
                     98) + " long for 1 line");

it is better formatted like this:

  System.out.println("this statement is " 
                     + (100-98) + " long for 1 line");