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Sorry about the short and not to the point replies, I understand that it was pointless and didn't help me or yourself. On the other hand I did end of fixing the overall program by switching from the...

Ah I knew I was missing something very basic.

char x = name1.charAt(namelength - 1);
fixed the exception by adding the -1, but now the if statements that follow don't work either.

Thanks for the help aussie, I was looking in the wrong place.
The while loop is a verification loop designed to ensure the name entered only contains letters or whitespace(But now two in a row,...

Heres what I'm trying to do:

System.out.print("Enter a last name: ");
name1 = stdIn.nextLine();

The program outputs to the user asking for a last name then the user input is stored in the...

Ok so I'm really novice at java and have been struggling with this particular exception. When I go and enter a name into the string, it pops the exception:


I could really use some help at this...