# CSP Unit 6 L 13 Hackathon Confusion

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/csp-unit-6-l-13-hackathon-confusion/40160>\
**Category:** Coding and Debugging Help\
**Tags:** csp-unit-6\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csp-unit-6-l-13-hackathon-confusion/40160 "2024-12-02T14:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![darrin.patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@darrin.patterson](https://forum.code.org/u/darrin.patterson)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csp-unit-6-l-13-hackathon-confusion/40160/1 "2024-12-02T14:17:53Z")

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This one is probably all about filtering, but the student and I cannot figure out what type of filtering is necessary so that the output is not one long line of text, but rather shows as a list one below the other.

> **[Check out what I made](https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/lLVLkOD7WHTstpOPKW6fmoegEPstagVO47NUt8Ytdu4)**
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> I wrote the code myself with Code.org

Any assistance will be appreciated as always.

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**Author:** ![lindsay.davis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/lindsay.davis/32/7632_2.png) [@lindsay.davis](https://forum.code.org/u/lindsay.davis)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csp-unit-6-l-13-hackathon-confusion/40160/2 "2024-12-02T18:18:49Z")

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Hi Darrin,  
I took a look, and found the issue-- the UI element you student is using to set the text to is a text INPUT. Text inputs have some odd formatting constraints. One issue with those that confuses my students is that the text is always a light gray, and the text can’t be formatted on new lines.

I remixed the project and dragged out a text area, and it works to get the list displayed properly. Your student looped through each item in the list and inserted a new line between each, which would have worked in a text area, but is also redoing what the .join() function does.

 ![Screenshot 2024-12-02 at 11.15.31 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/codeorgforum/original/2X/8/880d695d1cadf2f284210ccd7e8c079505d8a693.png)  
My remix is here:

> **[Check out what I made](https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/YCXmbDS86FBvBS53Ug_TdyijwPbpLF6gI07lhrzOCC4)**
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> I wrote the code myself with Code.org

I hope this helps, please reply back if you have follow up questions!  
Lindsay

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**Author:** ![darrin.patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@darrin.patterson](https://forum.code.org/u/darrin.patterson)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csp-unit-6-l-13-hackathon-confusion/40160/3 "2024-12-02T18:52:36Z")

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Lindsay,  
Thank you. I see what you mean. I didn’t change her code with the exception of using a text area and having that as the output and sure enough. Your change worked! Thank you.