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ProcessName2

Language/Type: Java input Scanner
Author: Marty Stepp (on 2011/10/23)

Modify your solution to the previous ProcessName exercise so that it re-prompts until the user types a name that is at least 5 letters total in length and has at least one space in it. For example: 

Type your name: Joe
Error, must be at least 5 chars with a space.
Type your name: O K!
Error, must be at least 5 chars with a space.
Type your name: what
Error, must be at least 5 chars with a space.
Type your name: Tyler Durden
Your name is: Durden, T.
Type your solution here:


This problem asks for bare code. Submit a fragment of Java code as described. Do not write any class or method heading around your code; just write the lines of code that will produce the result described.

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