here is the original code:

public static int getInt () 
{
    Scanner in = new Scanner (System.in) ; 
    if (in.hasNextInt())
    {
        int a = in.nextInt() ; 
        return a ; 
    }
    else
    {
    System.out.println ("try again:") ; 
    return getInt () ; 
    }
}

This checks and sees if the input it receives is an int. If it is then it returns the int, if not it tells you to try again and re-runs.

This is what i tried to do to change it:

public static String getIns () 
    {
        Scanner in = new Scanner (System.in) ; 
        if (in.hasNextString())
        {
            String a = in.nextString() ; 
            return a ; 
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println ("try again:") ; 
        return getIns () ; 
        }
    }

This doesn't work though. I looked through the documentation for the scanner class and i think the problem is that there is no such method as in.hasNextString or in.nextString What methods from the scanner class can i use to do what i intend these to do?