Error when entering 2 words, first/last name

Question

here's my code:
public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        int choice, status;
        String nm = "";
        double[] exams = new double[3];
        boolean newStudent = true;
        System.out.println("Enter the Maximum number of Students in the Course: ");
        int max_Students = scan.nextInt();
        COURSE newCourse = new COURSE(max_Students);
        do{
            choice = menu();
            switch(choice){
                case 0:
                    break;
                case 1:
                    while(newStudent){
                        if(max_Students > 0){
                        max_Students--;
                        System.out.println("Enter the students name: ");
                        nm = scan.next();
                        System.out.println("Enter the students status: 0-NoStatus, 1-FR, 2-SO, 3-JR, 4-SR, 5-GR");
                        status = scan.nextInt();
                        System.out.println("Enter the student's exam scores: ");
                        for(int x = 0; x < exams.length; x++)
                            exams[x] = scan.nextDouble();
                        newStudent = newCourse.addStudent(nm, 0, exams);
                        else
                            newStudent = false;
                    break;When i input "John Smith" for example(from the nm = scan.next() line of code), i get an error.But if i just enter "john" it's fine. The error is at the status = scan.nextInt(); line. I'm pretty new to Java, kinda have been learning fast and i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. If anyone can help that would be great. Thx
Edited by: thesegelkster on Mar 7, 2008 11:18 PM

Answer 1

System.out.println("Enter the students name: ");
nm = scan.next();next() returns the next complete token. So it will stop at the space of "John Smith". Try nextLine() which will return a complete line.
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Scanner.html#nextLine()