python skipping '\n' in the replace method -

the below json,this read data->

 [     {      "name":  "abc",     "state": "ma",     "statements":   [     "set x=abc",     "use @{domain}",     "create table def"     ],     "parameters":     [     {"name": "domanin", "required": true,  "description": "this domain name"}     ]     }     ] 

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import re; import sys; import json; loc_file=str(sys.argv[1])  ; open_json=open(loc_file); data=json.load(open_json); list1=data[0].get('statements'); json_input_string=""; json_input_string=str(list1); json_input_string=json_input_string.replace(r"text ' ' followed text",r"text '\n'"); # replace works fine replace below fails '\n'  f = open("text.txt","w"); m="" c in list1:       #print "\n\n"+c     m=str(c).replace(r"text ' '",r"text '\n'");  # here fails (does not preserve 'n')     f.write(m+";\n") 

there 2 possible things of either possible solution 1) : if replace method works inside loop trying replace @ 2 places, replace function raw string notation works above variable json_input_string same replace fails when try inside loop of list1.

(list1 has data in unicode format [u' set variable text ' ' ',u'expression text ' ' in table'] of python read write functions have tried far fail when need '\n' kept in replacement string.) or possible solution 2) if json_input_string can give me data in desired format when print json_input_string gives me output below though type 'str':

json_input_string=[u'set x=abc', u'use @{domain}', u"create table def"]  

some have single quotes , have double quotes. want convert string output without single/double quotes , write file.

set x=abc; use @{domain}; create table def 

m = str(c).replace(...) new string in m, not c. python strings immutable.