Java Scanner exception handling

Question

I would like to receive a Double from the user and handle the exception thrown in case the user didn\'t input a double/int; in that case I\'d like to ask the user to insert

Answer 1

The reason is that it keeps reading the same value over and over, so ending in your catch clause every time.

You can try this:

private static double inputAmount() {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    while (true) {
        System.out.println("Insert amount:");
        try {
            return input.nextDouble();
        }
        catch (java.util.InputMismatchException e) {
            input.nextLine();
        }
    }
}