#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
int num = 0;
int sum=0;
cout << "Enter a number ";
cin >> num;
while(num<0){
cout<<"please enter a positive integer";
cin>>num;
}
for(int i = 1; i<=num; i++)
{
sum+=i;
}
cout<<"the total sum is"<<sum<<endl;
return 0;
}