Why does printing a Python list of strings output each element on a new line?

When you call print() on a list, Python prints the list’s representation, which includes brackets and commas, all on one line. However, if you iterate over the list and call print() on each element, each print statement ends with a newline, so each string appears on its own line. The behavior you described—one element per line—occurs when the code explicitly prints each element separately, not when printing the list object itself. To print the entire list on a single line, use print(my_list) or join the elements: print('\n'.join(my_list)) for a newline‑separated string.