# Readline \<CR\> behavior

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readline-cr-behavior/71317
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** vscode, io
**Created:** [November 11, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readline-cr-behavior/71317 "2021-11-11T08:31:57Z")
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### Author: ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readline-cr-behavior/71317/4 "2021-11-11T10:04:35Z")

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Don’t use `readline()` (or other stdin methods) together with inline evaluation in VS Code, [it’s known to be broken](https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/issues/785).

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