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Old 03-15-2008
jkl_jkl jkl_jkl is offline
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aaron,

It prints only


Code:
opqrst opqrst:1982:o

And not


Code:
efghij efghij:1980:e
opqrst opqrst:1982:o

i.e. if there are 2 longest fields, its printing the last one.