How to cause a second prompt to run after the first.

[G-Unit]

I am working on an assignment for a first year Java course. For the program I am writing, I need to be able to ask the user for a card (as in deck of cards) size, and then ask them for a card suit. The program will then draw out the card suit in *'s. The printing is not my problem. This is the beginning of my main method:

do {
        
        System.out.println( "Which size card do you want? (0 or bigger): " );
        int size = scan.nextInt();
        if( size < 0 )
        {
            System.out.println( "Size was too small (" + size + ")." );
            size = 0;
            System.out.println( "I'll use " + size + " instead." );
           
        }

         System.out.println( "Which card suit? (diamonds, hearts, spades): ");
		String suit = scan.nextLine();

The problem is the program runs through the first prompt: "Which size card do you want? (0 or bigger): ", then will print the second prompt: "Which card suit? (diamonds, hearts, spades): ", but it won't pause at the second prompt. It continues on to the next block statement. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Moderator Edit: Code tags added

[Fubarable]

What happens if you change this:

        System.out.println( "Which size card do you want? (0 or bigger): " );
        int size = scan.nextInt();

to this:

        System.out.println( "Which size card do you want? (0 or bigger): " );
        int size = scan.nextInt();
        scan.nextLine();  // to allow the Scanner to "swallow" the end of line symbols.

?

[G-Unit]

Thanks so much, it works. I'm not sure I totally understand what is occuring here though:

scan.nextLine(); // to allow the Scanner to "swallow" the end of line symbols.

Does it scan the next line which is blank, and then pause?

[fceruti]

you may want to change the first part for something like this:

System.out.println( "Which size card do you want? (0 or bigger): " );
int size = scan.nextInt();
scan.readLine(); // already suggested
while(size < 0){
    System.out.println( "Size was too small (" + size + ")." );
    System.out.println( "Please choose another one, this time bigger than ZERO" );
    size = scan.nextInt();
    scan.readLine(); 
}

[G-Unit]

Thanks, the while loop was a really good idea.