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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def validate_positive_integer(option, value):
 """Validate that 'value' is a positive integer, which does not include 0. """

    val = validate_integer(option, value)
    if val <= 0:
        raise ValueError("The value of %s must be "
                         "a positive integer" % (option,))
    return val