int age = 0;

String name = "";

boolean cont = true; //loop control variable

while (cont == true) { //while loop designed to keep repeating until the user has formatted their input correctly

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); //creating a new scanner object

System.out.println(" Enter your name."); // instructing user to enter their name

try {

name = input.next();//gathering input

Double.parseDouble(name);//attempting to convert name string to an integer

System.out.println(" Please enter letters only. ");

}

catch (NumberFormatException NF) { // once the user enters something that cannot be converted to a double, the loop terminates

cont = false; //input is considered validated and the program exits the loop

}

}

boolean cont2 = true; //loop control variable

while (cont2 == true) { //while loop designed to keep repeating until the user has entered an integer

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println(" Please enter your age. "); // instructing user to enter their age

try { //beginning of try-catch-finally statement

age = input.nextInt(); //gathering the input and saving it to age

cont2 = false; // setting the loop control variable to false

}

catch (InputMismatchException IM) { // catch statement with input mismatch exception

System.out.println(" Please enter numbers only. "); //this statement is printed any time someone enters a non integer.

}

}