# File: sumsq.py
# sum the first few squares
#
# Matt Bishop, ECS 10, Fall 2012
#


#
# read in the number to go to
#
try:
    upper = int(input("How many squares should I sum? "))
except:
    print("Please enter a positive number!")
else:
    #
    # add them up!
    #
    total = 0
    for i in range(1, upper+1):
        total += i ** 2
    print("The sum of the first", upper, "squares is", total)