#!/usr/bin/python

# Python example 1
# P. TenHoopen, 11/18/08

# ask the user for their name
name = raw_input("Please enter your name: ")

# give a welcome message and display the name
print "Hello and welcome", name, "!"
# print a blank line
print

# ask the user for a small number
# make sure to use the int function to convert the raw input
# otherwise you can't use it as a number and numerical tests will fail
times = int(raw_input("Please enter a number between 1 and 10: "))

# check if user entered a zero
if times == 0:
	print "Can't be zero.  Try again to see the 'cool' stuff."
# check if user entered a number greater than 10
# elif is short for "else if"
elif times > 10:
	print "Can't be bigger than 10.  Try again to see the 'cool' stuff."
else:
	# show what the user entered
	print "You entered: ", times
	print

	# set the variable count to 1
	# it will be used to count loop iterations
	count = 1
	# loop while the loop counter is less than or equal to the number given by the user
	while count <= times:
		# show a short message for each loop iteration
		print count, name, "is cool!"
		# increase the loop counter
		count = count + 1

# display a blank line
print
# tell the user how many letters are in their name
print "There are", len(name), "characters in your name."
# show the first character of the name variable
print "The first letter of your name is", name[0]
# show the last character of the name variable
print "The last letter of your name is", name[-1]

print
print "End of program."