From 593c95e2c46e124e795d95afd6f904c805272e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: baphim <269010393+baphim@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:24:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: P-1.30 validation loop built

---
 lab-3_4/P-1.30.py | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lab-3_4/P-1.30.py b/lab-3_4/P-1.30.py
index cc2c434..6ae7fbb 100644
--- a/lab-3_4/P-1.30.py
+++ b/lab-3_4/P-1.30.py
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
 """
 Write a Python program that can take a positive integer greater than 2 as input and write out the number of times
 one must repeatedly divide this number by 2 before getting a value less than 2.
-"""
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+"""
+
+def count_steps():
+    # input validation: try that input is an integer
+    while True:
+        try:
+            current_value = int(input('Please enter an integer greater than 2: '))
+            # also try that input is above 2, if not print error message
+            if current_value <= 2:
+                print('Invalid input: Please enter only integers greater than 2.')
+            # if input is correct, break the while loop    
+            else:
+                break
+        # Handle ValueError and print error message    
+        except ValueError:
+            print('Invalid input: Please only enter integers.')     
+               
+    
+
+count_steps()
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