[Tutor] unexpected list entry

[surya k]

Hi, 

Just take a look at this small code.. I am just taking a string as input and assigning it as a list.
But I am finding an unexpected entry in the list.. Why this is happening?

I am using PyScripter IDE.


code :


#!/usr/bin/env python

def main():
    pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

print "Flames: "
name1 = raw_input('enter name 1')

ListName1 = list(name1)
print name1
print ListName1


Output:

Flames: 
foo
[u'f', u'o', u'o']


Observe the last line.. it isn't showing [ 'f', 'o', 'o']
Why is that "u" coming in the middle from no where ??
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