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in thread Stumped UPDATED!?!?!

Because that's how you ensure the " : " prompt will be written out before the readline.
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Re^5: Stumped UPDATED!?!?!
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Feb 11, 2008 at 18:28 UTC

    I completely missed that. You're right.

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