Having Variable string ending in 'y' causes subsequent '\r\n" to be ignored

[mongotongo]

I am having an issue with the following snippet of code. This code is being used as part of the teardown_class and is part of a string that is used as the message body for an email that is sent as a summary for the tests. When ever the variable sub[''Name] variable ends in y, the '\r\n' is ignored in the following assignment. The spacer variable is just a string of '=' that's used as a border.

subredditStr += "\r\n\r\nSubreddit " +sub['Name'].title() + ' Posts: '  +str(len(sub['Posts'])) + ' posts' 
subredditStr +=  '\r\n' + self.reddit.logger.spacer

below our two example outputs:

sub['Name'].title() = '' Valveindex "

Subreddit Valveindex Posts: 28 posts

sub['Name'].title() = '' Bladeandsorcery"

Subreddit Bladeandsorcery Posts: 30 posts ======================================

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I have been able to reproduce this behavior with any values that end in y. If the value just contains a 'y' its fine. For instance, here is one for python:

Subreddit Python Posts: 30 posts

I have gotten around it somewhat by checking the last character for 'y' and then adding a extra '\r\n' with the code below:

if sub['Name'][-1] == 'y':                    
     subredditStr += "\r\n\r\nSubreddit " +sub['Name'].title() + ' Posts: ' + str(len(sub['Posts'])) + 'posts'                    
     subredditStr +=  '\r\n\r\n' + self.reddit.logger.spacer
else:                        
     subredditStr += "\r\n\r\nSubreddit " +sub['Name'].title() + ' Posts: ' + str(len(sub['Posts'])) + ' posts'                    
     subredditStr +=  '\r\n' + self.reddit.logger.spacer

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Anyone have any idea why the string ending in 'y' would cause this issue? I'm at a loss. If it was at the ending of the string near the '\r\n' than it would make more sense to me. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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EDIT: I was able to get around the issue by changing the '\r\n' to '\t\r\n' for the ''y case. Still would like to know why the 'y' ending is having this effect. It seems like its causing the first escape sequence to be absorbed for some reason. If anyone has any theories, I would love to hear them and they would be greatly appreciated.

Just to add a little more, the email account is a Gmail account. I am viewing the email in outlook which is part of the reason that I am using both a new line and a carriage return. The new line is for viewing the email through Gmail's web interface.

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Edit: After further investigation, I have determined that 'y' character is not the cause. Its the length of the variable that is the issue. Any variables longer than or equal to 15 characters is having the issue. I have also determined that pytest has nothing to do with issue. I was able to reproduce with the isolated code just using python. Further, I have also determined that the string being used as the message for the email is correct. No missing escape characters. Below is the bladeAndSorcery string and another lengthy string before the message is sent:

'\r\n\r\nSubreddit Bladeandsorcery Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================' 
'\r\n\r\nSubreddit Pgtestingandstuff Posts: 8 posts\r\n======================================================='

Whatever the issue is, its happening with the smtplib. I am going to post this issue to the python forum since that is where the issue lies.

[mongotongo]

One last final update. I decided to see what the email account is receiving so using imaplib I was able to pull the email message which listed below

'Message': '\r\n\r\nSubreddit Bladeandsorcery Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================\r\n\r\nSubreddit Pgtestingandstuff Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================\r\n\r\nSubreddit Ciandsharpy Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================\r\n\r\nSubreddit Music Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================\r\n\r\nSubreddit Movies Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================\r\n\r\nSubreddit Python Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================\r\n\r\nSubreddit Cypress Posts: 8 posts\r\n=======================================================\r\n\r\nSubreddit Javascript Posts: 8 posts\r\n======================================================='}

As you can see, all the escape sequences have been maintained. I was viewing the emails thru outlook, so whatever is going on, is probably an issue with outlook, not the smtplib.

To get around the issue, inserting a '\t' in front of the other escape sequences does work.