this does what i want, though i don't like the inner while loop having
to be there


def get_pct():
        while True:
                pct_list=[['cash', 0], ['bond', 0], ['blue', 0], ['tech', 0], 
['dev',
0]]
                total=0
                for i in range(len(pct_list)):
                        while True:
                                pct_list[i][1]=raw_input('Please enter the 
percentage value for %s:
' %pct_list[i][0])
                                if pct_list[i][1].isdigit() == False:
                                        print "You've messed up, do it again..."
                                else:
                                        total+=int(pct_list[i][1])
                                        break
                if total == 100:
                        return pct_list
                        break
                else:
                        print "You've messed up, do it again..."


gosh, a lot of work to get some input. i must be missing something,
though this is a lot better than what i had before...

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