title: Scanner ignoring the String "name"
body: <p>I am trying to take user input for name, last name, phone number and age.</p>
  
  <p>For some odd reason the scanner is skipping name but none of the other variables.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone point out my mistake please? I can't figure it out.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.util.Scanner;
  public class Lab2{
  
     String [][] info = new String [10][4];
  
     public static void main(String [] args){
        new Lab2();   
     }
  
     public Lab2(){ 
  
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
  
  
        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("Student contact Interface");
        System.out.println("Please select a number from the options below:");
  
  
        while(true){
  
           System.out.println("1: Add a new contact.");
           System.out.println("2: Remove an existing contact."); 
           System.out.println("3: Display the contact list.");          
           System.out.println("0: Exit the contact list.");
           int options = input.nextInt();
  
  
           String name, lastName, number, age;                         
           switch(options){
              case 1: 
  
                 System.out.println("Please enter the name: ");
                 name = input.nextLine(); // This is the String var that is not accepting input from...
  
                 System.out.println("Please enter the  last name: ");
                 lastName = input.nextLine();
  
                 System.out.println("Please enter the phone number: ");
                 number = input.nextLine();
  
                 System.out.println("Please enter the age (eg. 25): ");
                 age = input.nextLine();
  
                 addStudent(name, lastName, number, age);
                 break;
  
              case 2:
                 System.out.println("\nEnter the name to remove: ");
                 String delName = input.nextLine();
  
                System.out.println("\nEnter the last name to remove: ");
                 String delLastName = input.nextLine();
  
                 remove(delName, delLastName);
                 break;
  
              case 3: 
                 display();
                 break;
  
              case 0: 
                 System.out.println("Thank you for using the contact Database.");
                 System.exit(0);
              }
  
           }
       }
  
  
     public void addStudent (String name, String lastName, String number, String age){
  
        boolean infoInserted = false;
        for(int i = 0; i &lt; 10; i++){
           if(info[i][0] == null || info[i][0].equals(null)){
  
           info[i][0] = name;
           info[i][1] = lastName;
           info[i][2] = number;
           info[i][3] = age;
           infoInserted = true;
           break;
  
             }
          }
          if(infoInserted){
              System.out.println("\nContact saved.\n");
              }
          else{         
           System.out.println("\nYour database is full.\n");
            }
    }
  
     public void remove(String delName, String delLastName){ 
  
        boolean removed = false;
        int i = 0;
        for (i = 0; i &lt; 10; i++) {
           if (info[i][0] != null &amp;&amp; !info[i][0].equals(null)) {
           if (info[i][0].equals(delName) &amp;&amp; info[i][1].equals(delLastName)) {
  
           while (i &lt; 9) {
           info[i][0] = info[i + 1][0];
           info[i][1] = info[i + 1][1];
           info[i][2] = info[i + 1][2];
           info[i][3] = info[i + 1][3];
           i++;
           }
  
           info[9][0] = null;
           info[9][1] = null;
           info[9][2] = null;
           info[9][3] = null;
           removed = true;
           break;
           }
           }
           }
        if (removed) {
           System.out.println("Contact removed.");
           }
        else {
        System.out.println("Contact was not found.");
        }
  
  
     }
  
  
     public void display (){
  
       for (int i = 0; i &lt; 10; i++) {
           if (info[i][0] != null &amp;&amp; !info[i][0].equals(null)) {
              System.out.println("Contact " + (i + 1)+ ":");
              System.out.println("\t" + info[i][0]);
              System.out.println("\t" + info[i][1]);
              System.out.println("\tPhone Number:" + info[i][2]);
              System.out.println("\tAge:" + info[i][3]);
           }
        }
     }
  }
  </code></pre>