Question

I am fairly new to Java and I am trying to work on my data validation. The code runs fine when I use valid data, but when I put in a string instead of an integer the code just loops forever. It just loops the, “Bad input. Please enter a number.” Thanks in advance!

    //Get input from user
    System.out.print("What is your name (Last, First)? ");
    String name = scan.nextLine();
    System.out.print("enter a date:");
    String datein = scan.nextLine();

    boolean valid = false;
    while (valid != true)
    {   
        System.out.print("Electricity used (KW):");
        if (scan.hasNextDouble())
        {
            electricityUsed = scan.nextDouble();
            valid = true;
        }
        else
            System.out.println("Bad input. Please enter a number.");
    }

Answer 1

To fix it add a scan.nextLine() to your else branch.