diff --git a/utils/console_utils.py b/utils/console_utils.py
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+
+
+def input_int(s, default_value, valid_list=None):
+    try:
+        inp = input(s)        
+        i = int(inp)
+        if (valid_list is not None) and (i not in valid_list):
+            return default_value
+        return i
+    except:
+        return default_value
+        
+def input_bool(s, default_value):
+    try:
+        return bool ( {"y":True,"n":False,"1":True,"0":False}.get(input(s).lower(), default_value) )
+    except:
+        return default_value
+        
+def input_str(s, default_value, valid_list=None):
+    try:
+        inp = input(s)
+        if (valid_list is not None) and (inp.lower() not in valid_list):
+            return default_value
+        return inp
+    except:
+        return default_value
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