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#!/usr/bin/env python

##Author: Alex Cruz

# If user types in q, program terminates
# If user types in other than q, program
# continues and calcualtes bmi
def main():
  quit
= False
  count
= 0

  answer
= raw_input('\nEnter "q" to quit or other to continue: ')
 
if answer == 'q':
      quit
= True

# Caclulates bmi 3 times prompting user to type in 'q'
# or another letter to continue with bmi calculation
 
while (not quit and count < 10):
     
print '-------------------------'
     
print 'This is to calculate your BMI or Body Mass Index'
     
print '-------------------------'
      weight
= float(input('Enter weight in kilograms: '))
      height
= float(input('Enter height in meters: '))

# Weight cannot be less than 0 or greater than 500
     
if weight <= 0 or weight > 500:
         
print 'Weight cannot be less than 0 or greater than 500'
         
continue

# Height cannot be less than or equal to 0 inches
     
elif height <= 0:
         
print 'Height cannot be less than 0'
         
continue
     
else:
          bmi
= (weight / (height * height))
         
print 'Your BMI is %.2f' % bmi
         
if bmi <= 18.5:
             
print 'Your weight status is Underweight'
         
elif bmi >= 18.5 and bmi <= 24.9:
             
print 'Your weight status is Normal weight'
         
elif bmi >= 25 and bmi <= 29.9:
             
print 'Your weight status is Overweight'
         
elif bmi >= 30:
             
print 'Your weight status is Obese'

# increments bmi calculation by 1 with a total of 3 bmi calculations
      count
= count + 1
     
if count < 10:
        answer
= raw_input('\nEnter "q" to quit: ')
       
if answer == 'q':
            quit
= True

main
()
raw_input
('\n<enter> to exit')

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