exception handling

Hi, before anyone trashes my question, I have not been taught this yet so forgive my ignorance. I would like to correctly handle the exception for user input of 1-4 when someone inputs a letter instead. This is my code so far. It all works except the handling part( I know its not right, but do not know how to do it right, yet.) Any help in understanding how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

Code java:

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import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.Console;
 
class WeatherProgram{
 
	public static void main(String[]args){
		double fahrenheit = 0;
		double celsius = 0;
		double chill = 0;
		double reply;
		String reply2 = "y";
		Console c = System.console();
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		while(reply2.equals("y")){
 
			try {
				System.out.println("Welcome to Weather Conversion. Please choose one of the following numbers: "+"\n");
				System.out.println("1. Fahrenheit to Celsius");
				System.out.println("2. Celsius to Fahrenheit");
				System.out.println("3. Windchill");
				System.out.println("4. Quit"+"\n");
				reply = scan.nextDouble();
			}
 
			catch (java.util.InputMismatchException){
			}
 
			if (reply != (1-4)){
				System.out.println("I'm sorry, that is not a chioce. Please choose 1-4: "+"\n");
				System.out.println("Welcome to Weather Conversion. Please choose one of the following numbers: "+"\n");
				System.out.println("1. Fahrenheit to Celsius");
				System.out.println("2. Celsius to Fahrenheit");
				System.out.println("3. Windchill");
				System.out.println("4. Quit"+"\n");
				reply = scan.nextDouble();
			}
 
			if (reply == 1){
				fToC(fahrenheit);
			}
 
			if (reply == 2){
				cToF(celsius);
			}
 
			if (reply == 3){
				tToWC(chill);
			}
			reply2 = c.readLine("Do you wish to continue Weather Conversion, (y/n)?: ");
		}
		System.out.println("Thank you");
	}
 
	static double fToC(double fahrenheit){
		double celsius;
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Please input fahrenheit temperature: ");
		fahrenheit = scan.nextDouble();
		celsius = ((fahrenheit-32)*5/9);
 
		if (celsius<1){
			System.out.println(fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit = " + celsius + " Celsius. Temperature is below freezing!");
		}
		if (celsius>32){
			System.out.println(fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit = " + celsius + " Celsius. It is hot!");
		}
		if((celsius>1) && (celsius<32)){
			System.out.println(fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit = " + celsius + " Celsius.");
		}
		return celsius;
	}
 
	static double cToF(double celsius){
		double fahrenheit;
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Please input celsius temperature: ");
		celsius = scan.nextDouble();
		fahrenheit = ((celsius*9/5)+32);
 
		if (fahrenheit<33){
			System.out.println(celsius + " Celsius = " + fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit. Temperature is below freezing!");
		}
		if (fahrenheit>90){
			System.out.println(celsius + " Celsius = " + fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit. It is hot!");
		}
		if((fahrenheit>33) && (fahrenheit<90)){
			System.out.println(celsius + " Celsius = " + fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit.");
		}
		return fahrenheit;
	}
 
	static double tToWC(double chill){
		double temperature;
		double windSpeed;
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Please input temperature in degrees fahrenheit: ");
		temperature = scan.nextDouble();
		System.out.println("Please input wind speed in MPH: ");
		windSpeed = scan.nextDouble();
		chill = (35.74 + (0.6215*temperature) - (35.75*Math.pow(windSpeed,0.16)) + (.4275*temperature*Math.pow(windSpeed,0.16)));
 
		if (chill<-30){
			System.out.println("Windchill = " + chill + " Degrees Fahrenheit. Dangerous Windchill!");
		}
		else{
			System.out.println("Windchill = " + chill + " Degrees Fahrenheit");
		}
		return chill;
	}
}

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Code :

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if (reply != (1-4)){

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When the expression (1-4) is evaluated, it should give a value of -3 which changes your code to:

Code :

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if (reply != -3){

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If you want to compare a number to a range of numbers, check if it is >= the lower number AND that it is <= the higher number.
>= and <= are binary operators that take two operands.

Ya, I'm sorry, rewrote the code. Here is the new code. Would still like to error handle the exception possibility of input being a letter and not a number with a try/catch.Please help with try/catch(haven't been taught yet).

Code java:

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import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.Console;
 
class WeatherProgram0{
 
	public static void main(String[]args){
		double reply1 = 0;
		mainProgram(reply1);
	}
 
	static double mainProgram(double reply1){
		double fahrenheit = 0;
		double celsius = 0;
		double chill = 0;
		String reply2 = "y";
		Console c = System.console();
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		while(reply2.equals("y")){
			System.out.println("Welcome to Weather Conversion. Please choose one of the following numbers: "+"\n");
			System.out.println("1. Fahrenheit to Celsius");
			System.out.println("2. Celsius to Fahrenheit");
			System.out.println("3. Windchill"+"\n");
			reply1 = scan.nextDouble();
 
			if (reply1 == 1){
				fToC(fahrenheit);
			}
			if (reply1 == 2){
				cToF(celsius);
			}
			if (reply1 == 3){
				tToWC(chill);
			}
		System.out.println("");
		reply2 = c.readLine("Would you like to continue Weather Program, (y/n)?");
		}
		System.out.println("Thank you");
		return(reply1);
	}
 
	static double fToC(double fahrenheit){
		double celsius;
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Please input fahrenheit temperature: ");
		fahrenheit = scan.nextDouble();
		celsius = ((fahrenheit-32)*5/9);
 
		if (celsius<1){
			System.out.println(fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit = " + celsius + " Celsius. Temperature is below freezing!");
		}
		if (celsius>32){
			System.out.println(fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit = " + celsius + " Celsius. It is hot!");
		}
		if((celsius>1) && (celsius<32)){
			System.out.println(fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit = " + celsius + " Celsius.");
		}
		return celsius;
	}
 
	static double cToF(double celsius){
		double fahrenheit;
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Please input celsius temperature: ");
		celsius = scan.nextDouble();
		fahrenheit = ((celsius*9/5)+32);
 
		if (fahrenheit<33){
			System.out.println(celsius + " Celsius = " + fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit. Temperature is below freezing!");
		}
		if (fahrenheit>90){
			System.out.println(celsius + " Celsius = " + fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit. It is hot!");
		}
		if((fahrenheit>33) && (fahrenheit<90)){
			System.out.println(celsius + " Celsius = " + fahrenheit + " Fahrenheit.");
		}
		return fahrenheit;
	}
 
	static double tToWC(double chill){
		double temperature;
		double windSpeed;
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Please input temperature in degrees fahrenheit: ");
		temperature = scan.nextDouble();
		System.out.println("Please input wind speed in MPH: ");
		windSpeed = scan.nextDouble();
		chill = (35.74 + (0.6215*temperature) - (35.75*Math.pow(windSpeed,0.16)) + (.4275*temperature*Math.pow(windSpeed,0.16)));
 
		if (chill<-30){
			System.out.println("Windchill = " + chill + " Degrees Fahrenheit. Dangerous Windchill!");
		}
		else{
			System.out.println("Windchill = " + chill + " Degrees Fahrenheit");
		}
		return chill;
	}
}

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You have removed the try catch blocks you had in the first posting.
Can you write down the logic you want to use with the try{} catch blocks? Where do you want to catch the error and what do you want to do when you do catch an error?
One way is to use a loop to get input from the user. If there is good input, exit the loop.
If the input is bad, tell the user and loop back to get the input again. The code stays in the loop until the user enters good input or he tells you he wants to quit the program.

Thank you Norm, that is what I did. I have already turned that in.

Good luck.