"""File:    recursive_hello0.py
   Purpose: Try to illustrate recursion by printing "hello" a user-specified 
            number of times.

   Run:     python recursive_hello0.py

   Input:   Number of times to print hello
   Output:  Should be "hello" the user-specified number of times
   Note:    This has a serious bug
"""

def say_hello(total, so_far):
   """If so_far < total, print "hello" and call say_hello.
      Otherwise return"""
   print "hello", so_far
   so_far = so_far + 1
   say_hello(total, so_far)

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main program
how_many = int(raw_input("How many hellos?\n   "))
say_hello(how_many, 0)