#Stage 4:
#A function that asks the user to enter a positive integer
# and returns it after converting the string the user entered
# into an integer. Uses a try/except to detect and react to a non-integer
#input, and a while loop to re-ask the user until an integer is received!
#It also checkes to make sure that the integer is POSITIVE, and won't
#return it until it is!


def getPositiveInt():
   while True:
      userInput = input("Enter a positive integer:") #returns a string
      try:  #Try converting to an int!
         userInt = int( userInput)
         if userInt > 0:
           return(userInt)  #conversion successful, and positive, return the number!
         else:
           print("Sorry, not a positive integer, try again!")
      except:
         print("You did not enter a valid integer! Try again!")



#Stage 3:
#A function that asks the user to enter a positive integer
# and returns it after converting the string the user entered
# into an integer. Uses a try/except to detect and react to a non-integer
#input, and a while loop to re-ask the user until an integer is received!


## def getPositiveInt():
##    while True:
##       userInput = input("Enter a positive integer:") #returns a string
##       try:  #Try converting to an int!
##          userInt = int( userInput)
##          return(userInt)  #conversion successful, return the number!
##       except:
##          print("You did not enter a valid integer! Try again!")

#Stage 2:
#A function that asks the user to enter a positive integer
# and returns it after converting the string the user entered
# into an integer. Uses a try/except to detect and react to a non-integer
#input

## def getPositiveInt():
##     userInput = input("Enter a positive integer:") #returns a string
##     try:  #Try converting to an int!
##        userInt = int( userInput)
##        return(userInt)  #conversion successful, return the number!
##     except:
##        print("You did not enter a valid integer!")
##        return( None)  #Return None (of NoneType) instead!
## 

#Stage 1:
#A function that asks the user to enter a positive integer
# and returns it after converting the string the user entered
# into an integer

## def getPositiveInt():
##     userInput = input("Enter a positive integer:") #returns a string
##     userInt = int( userInput)
##     return( userInt)