title: If inside a while loop, can't break out of the while loop
body: <p>I recently started studying Java and came across a problem while testing out something. This might be a very easy question, but I can't seem to solve it.
  This is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    int firstj = 1;
  
      if (firstj == 1) {
          String choice = "Type a number between 1 and 4";
          System.out.println(choice);
          while (true) {
  
              if (firstj == 1) {
                  Scanner third = new Scanner(System.in);
                  String thirdch = third.nextLine();
  
                  while (true) {
  
                      if (thirdch.equals("1")) {
                          System.out.println("Show choice and accept input again ");
                          System.out.println(choice);
                          break;
                      } else if (thirdch.equals("2")) {
                          System.out.println("Show choice and accept input again ");
                          System.out.println(choice);
                          break;
                      } else if (thirdch.equals("3")) {
                          System.out.println("Show choice and accept input again ");
                          System.out.println(choice);
                          break;
                      }
  
                      else if (thirdch.equals("4")) {
                          // I need this to break the loop and move on to the
                          // "Done." string
                          break;
                      }
  
                      else {
                          System.out.println("Type a number between 1 and 4");
                          thirdch = third.nextLine();
                      }
                  }
  
              }
          }
      }
      String done = "Done";
      System.out.println(done);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to make it so that when you type 1, 2 or 3, you get the string telling you to type a number again and accept user input, while when you type 4 the loop breaks and goes to the String done. I would be grateful if you could help me solve this problem with an easy code, since I don't know any of the more advanced things.</p>