i keep getting the following error with the code segment below when i try to compile the program.

parse error before '('
parse error before ')'
stray '\' in program

this is the code segment and the error is on the second line of the segment

#define DEBUG(fmt) if(traceflag) { \
fprintf(stderr, fmt, arg1); \
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Thank you in advance to all who reply to this thread