# File: except6.py
# Program to read in a positive number
# and complain when the input isn't that
#
# Matt Bishop, MHI 289I, Fall 2024

# read in a positive number
#
def getposnumber():

    # read the input and convert it to an integer
    # notice we do *not* catch the error here; it
    # is to be caught by the caller
    try:
        n = int(input("type a number: "))
    except ValueError:
        print("ValueError in getposnumber()")
        n = 0
    except Exception as msg:
        print(msg, "got it in getposnum()")
        n = 0
        

    # now just return it
    return n

#
# the program itself
#
def main():
    #
    # loop to show exception handling
    #    
    while True:

        # read in a positive integer
        # handle any exceptions (relatively) intelligently
        try:
            n = getposnumber()
        # exception: bad value (string, invalid number)
        except ValueError as msg:
            print(msg, "-- try again!")             # give it another chance
        # exception: end of file
        except EOFError as msg:
            print(msg, "-- bye!")                   # quit
            break
        # some other exception
        except:
            print("Unknown exception -- ignoring!")    # ignore the problem
        # no exception -- print the number
        else:
            if n <= 0:
                print("You typed a non-positive number")
            else:
                print("Read", n)
        finally:
            print("\n-----------------------\n")

main()