while(picked != "Quit") picked = (String)JOptionPane.showInputDialog( null, "What do you want to do", "Address Book", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, OPTIONS, OPTIONS[ADD_OPTION]); if(picked.equals(OPTIONS[ADD_OPTION])){ input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter first and last name, along with an email address. (first,last,email)"); info = split(input, DELIMITER); insert(fName,lName,eAddress,info,count); count++;}