How do I import text file with returns

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I am tying to import a text file that looks like this:
Capture 1

To create cards that look like this:
Capture 2

(I didn’t see a way for me to attach the text file here, and when I tried to paste the text, the HTML editor changed it.)

These are one sided cards with a question and no answer.

I have been getting this error:

Importing complete.

‘- -’ had 2 fields, expected 1

‘- -’ had 2 fields, expected 1

’ -’ had 3 fields, expected 1

‘- - -’ had 3 fields, expected 1

‘- -’ had 2 fields, expected 1

‘- -’ had 2 fields, expected 1

’ -’ had 3 fields, expected 1

‘- - -’ had 3 fields, expected 1

‘- -’ had 2 fields, expected 1

‘- -’ had 2 fields, expected 1

’ -’ had 3 fields, expected 1

How do I correct this?

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You don’t import cards, you import notes. Notes consist of fields and when importing a text file, Anki expects each line to correspond to one note with the same number of fields.
The manual points out two ways to include newlines in your fields:

Escape the multi-lines by placing the contents of the field in quotation marks :
[…]

Use HTML new lines :
[…]

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That worked. Thank you.