[Phobos0001]

ok i think ive finaly got it and all i should need to do now is put this into the main program....

Code:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.io.*;	

public class phrase
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
  	String namebox,looped,done;
namebox =JOptionPane.showInputDialog("namebox");	// user input for name
int len=namebox.length();
while (len !=0)
{
namebox =JOptionPane.showInputDialog("looped name");
len=namebox.length();	
}
done =JOptionPane.showInputDialog("after loop");	// user input for name
  			
     System.exit(0);  
  }
}

feel free to correct me, congratulate me, or tell me where to go

thanks again for the help everyone, hopefully i can get this finnished soon