Thread shed step: 11 why does \n appear?

Hi guys, I’m trying to figure out a way to append to customers from daily_transactions_split (I haven’t yet figured out how to do it from transactions_clean like it suggest) and I’m just curious about why the \n pops up in what’s printed out. I’m not asking about how to get rid of it, I’ve seen that answered already in the forums and am pretty sure I know how to do that. I’d just like to know why it happens.

daily_sales = \ """Edith Mcbride ;,;$1.21 ;,; white ;,; 09/15/17 ,Herbert Tran ;,; $7.29;,; white&blue;,; 09/15/17 ,Paul Clarke ;,;$12.52 ;,; white&blue ;,; 09/15/17 ,Lucille Caldwell ;,; $5.13 ;,; white ;,; 09/15/17, Eduardo George ;,;$20.39;,; white&yellow ;,;09/15/17 , Danny Mclaughlin;,;$30.82;,; purple ;,;09/15/17 ,Stacy Vargas;,; $1.85 ;,; purple&yellow ;,;09/15/17, Shaun Brock;,; $17.98;,;purple&yellow ;,; 09/15/17 , Erick Harper ;,;$17.41;,; blue ;,; 09/15/17, Michelle Howell ;,;$28.59;,; blue;,; 09/15/17 , Carroll Boyd;,; $14.51;,; purple&blue ;,; 09/15/17 , Teresa Carter ;,; $19.64 ;,; white;,;09/15/17 , Jacob Kennedy ;,; $11.40 ;,; white&red ;,; 09/15/17, Craig Chambers;,; $8.79 ;,; white&blue&red ;,;09/15/17 , Peggy Bell;,; $8.65 ;,;blue ;,; 09/15/17, Kenneth Cunningham ;,; $10.53;,; green&blue ;,; 09/15/17 , Marvin Morgan;,; $16.49;,; green&blue&red ;,; 09/15/17 ,Marjorie Russell ;,; $6.55 ;,; green&blue&red;,; 09/15/17 , Israel Cummings;,; $11.86 ;,;black;,; 09/15/17, June Doyle ;,; $22.29 ;,; black&yellow ;,;09/15/17 , Jaime Buchanan ;,; $8.35;,; white&black&yellow ;,; 09/15/17, Rhonda Farmer;,;$2.91 ;,; white&black&yellow ;,;09/15/17, Darren Mckenzie ;,;$22.94;,;green ;,;09/15/17,Rufus Malone;,;$4.70 ;,; green&yellow ;,; 09/15/17 ,Hubert Miles;,; $3.59 ;,;green&yellow&blue;,; 09/15/17 , Joseph Bridges ;,;$5.66 ;,; green&yellow&purple&blue ;,; 09/15/17 , Sergio Murphy ;,;$17.51 ;,; black ;,; 09/15/17 , Audrey Ferguson ;,; $5.54;,;black&blue ;,;09/15/17 ,Edna Williams ;,; $17.13;,; black&blue;,; 09/15/17, Randy Fleming;,; $21.13 ;,;black ;,;09/15/17 ,Elisa Hart;,; $0.35 ;,; black&purple;,; 09/15/17 , Ernesto Hunt ;,; $13.91 ;,; black&purple ;,; 09/15/17, Shannon Chavez ;,;$19.26 ;,; yellow;,; 09/15/17 , Sammy Cain;,; $5.45;,; yellow&red ;,;09/15/17 , Steven Reeves ;,;$5.50 ;,; yellow;,; 09/15/17, Ruben Jones ;,; $14.56 ;,; yellow&blue;,;09/15/17 , Essie Hansen;,; $7.33 ;,; yellow&blue&red ;,; 09/15/17 , Rene Hardy ;,; $20.22 ;,; black ;,; 09/15/17 , Lucy Snyder ;,; $8.67 ;,;black&red ;,; 09/15/17 ,Dallas Obrien ;,; $8.31;,; black&red ;,; 09/15/17, Stacey Payne ;,; $15.70 ;,; white&black&red ;,;09/15/17 , Tanya Cox ;,; $6.74 ;,;yellow ;,; 09/15/17 , Melody Moran ;,; $30.84 ;,;yellow&black;,; 09/15/17 , Louise Becker ;,; $12.31 ;,; green&yellow&black;,; 09/15/17 , Ryan Webster;,;$2.94 ;,; yellow ;,; 09/15/17 ,Justin Blake ;,; $22.46 ;,;white&yellow ;,; 09/15/17, Beverly Baldwin ;,; $6.60;,; white&yellow&black ;,;09/15/17 , Dale Brady ;,; $6.27 ;,; yellow ;,;09/15/17 ,Guadalupe Potter ;,;$21.12 ;,; yellow;,; 09/15/17 , Desiree Butler ;,;$2.10 ;,;white;,; 09/15/17 ,Sonja Barnett ;,; $14.22 ;,;white&black;,; 09/15/17, Angelica Garza;,;$11.60;,;white&black ;,; 09/15/17 , Jamie Welch ;,; $25.27 ;,; white&black&red ;,;09/15/17 , Rex Hudson ;,;$8.26;,; purple;,; 09/15/17 , Nadine Gibbs ;,; $30.80 ;,; purple&yellow ;,; 09/15/17 , Hannah Pratt;,; $22.61 ;,; purple&yellow ;,;09/15/17,Gayle Richards;,;$22.19 ;,; green&purple&yellow ;,;09/15/17 ,Stanley Holland ;,; $7.47 ;,; red ;,; 09/15/17 , Anna Dean;,;$5.49 ;,; yellow&red ;,; 09/15/17 , Terrance Saunders ;,; $23.70 ;,;green&yellow&red ;,; 09/15/17 , Brandi Zimmerman ;,; $26.66 ;,; red ;,;09/15/17 ,Guadalupe Freeman ;,; $25.95;,; green&red ;,; 09/15/17 ,Irving Patterson ;,;$19.55 ;,; green&white&red ;,; 09/15/17 ,Karl Ross;,; $15.68;,; white ;,; 09/15/17 , Brandy Cortez ;,;$23.57;,; white&red ;,;09/15/17, Mamie Riley ;,;$29.32;,; purple;,;09/15/17 ,Mike Thornton ;,; $26.44 ;,; purple ;,; 09/15/17, Jamie Vaughn ;,; $17.24;,;green ;,; 09/15/17 , Noah Day ;,; $8.49 ;,;green ;,;09/15/17 ,Josephine Keller ;,;$13.10 ;,;green;,; 09/15/17 , Tracey Wolfe;,;$20.39 ;,; red ;,; 09/15/17 , Ignacio Parks;,;$14.70 ;,; white&red ;,;09/15/17 , Beatrice Newman ;,;$22.45 ;,;white&purple&red ;,; 09/15/17, Andre Norris ;,; $28.46 ;,; red;,; 09/15/17 , Albert Lewis ;,; $23.89;,; black&red;,; 09/15/17, Javier Bailey ;,; $24.49 ;,; black&red ;,; 09/15/17 , Everett Lyons ;,;$1.81;,; black&red ;,; 09/15/17 , Abraham Maxwell;,; $6.81 ;,;green;,; 09/15/17 , Traci Craig ;,;$0.65;,; green&yellow;,; 09/15/17 , Jeffrey Jenkins ;,;$26.45;,; green&yellow&blue ;,; 09/15/17, Merle Wilson ;,; $7.69 ;,; purple;,; 09/15/17,Janis Franklin ;,;$8.74 ;,; purple&black ;,;09/15/17 , Leonard Guerrero ;,; $1.86 ;,;yellow ;,;09/15/17,Lana Sanchez;,;$14.75 ;,; yellow;,; 09/15/17 ,Donna Ball ;,; $28.10 ;,; yellow&blue;,; 09/15/17 , Terrell Barber ;,; $9.91 ;,; green ;,;09/15/17 ,Jody Flores;,; $16.34 ;,; green ;,; 09/15/17, Daryl Herrera ;,;$27.57;,; white;,; 09/15/17 , Miguel Mcguire;,;$5.25;,; white&blue ;,; 09/15/17 , Rogelio Gonzalez;,; $9.51;,; white&black&blue ;,; 09/15/17 , Lora Hammond ;,;$20.56 ;,; green;,; 09/15/17,Owen Ward;,; $21.64 ;,; green&yellow;,;09/15/17,Malcolm Morales ;,; $24.99 ;,; green&yellow&black;,; 09/15/17 , Eric Mcdaniel ;,;$29.70;,; green ;,; 09/15/17 ,Madeline Estrada;,; $15.52;,;green;,; 09/15/17 , Leticia Manning;,;$15.70 ;,; green&purple;,; 09/15/17 , Mario Wallace ;,; $12.36 ;,;green ;,; 09/15/17,Lewis Glover;,; $13.66 ;,; green&white;,;09/15/17, Gail Phelps ;,;$30.52 ;,; green&white&blue ;,; 09/15/17 , Myrtle Morris ;,; $22.66 ;,; green&white&blue;,;09/15/17""" #------------------------------------------------ # Start coding below! daily_sales_replaced = daily_sales.replace(';,;', ';') daily_sales_transactions = daily_sales_replaced.split(',') daily_stransactions_split = [] for i in daily_sales_transactions: daily_stransactions_split.append(i.split(';')) transactions_clean = [] for transaction in daily_stransactions_split: for item in transaction: transactions_clean.append(item.strip()) customers = [] sales = [] thread_sold = [] for transaction in daily_stransactions_split: customers.append(transaction[0]) print(customers)