Java While Loop (Help!)

[PaincakesX]

My assignment is to ask the user to enter a name that has to be 5 characters or more. If it is less than 5 I have to repeatedly ask them again and again.

 

So far I have all of the usual input java.util.*;

Declaring a new scanner "Scanner kb = new Scanner (System.in);"

And initially asking for the name "System.out.print("Please enter your name (minimum 5 characters): " );

String name = kb.nextLine();.

 

Now here is the part that I am stuck at, the while loop. So far I have 

"while (name.length < 5)" and I am getting an error "cannot find symbol between the name and length."

 

I also tried converting the string into an int with "Integer.parseInt", that compiled fine but if I type in anything besides a whole bunch of numbers I get an exception.

 

Please help, thank you.

[elpiop]

wrong syntax, should be name.length() 

[PaincakesX]

wrong syntax, should be name.length() 

Thank you!

[elpiop]

Thank you!

Any time.