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Hi ezra,

i'm somewhat learning java as well (haven't really fiddled with it for some time til now). i was able to get the printout for your coding (System.out.println) but the issue that pops up deals with the number 0 showing on top of the console print out..hope this helps

import java.util.ArrayList;

import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;


public class CodingForums extends JFrame{
	
	  static ArrayList<String> firstname = new ArrayList<String>();
	    static ArrayList<String> lastname = new ArrayList<String>();
	    static ArrayList<String> address = new ArrayList<String>();
	    static ArrayList<String> city = new ArrayList<String>();
	    static ArrayList<String> state = new ArrayList<String>();
	    static ArrayList<String> zipcode = new ArrayList<String>();
	

public static void main(String [] args){
        JTextField field1 = new JTextField(2), 
                      field2 = new JTextField(2), 
                      field3 = new JTextField(2);
        JTextField field4 = new JTextField(2), 
                      field5 = new JTextField(2), 
                      field6 = new JTextField(2);
     
        JPanel pane1 = new JPanel();

        pane1.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane1, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        
        pane1.add(new JLabel("First name: "));
        pane1.add(field1);
        
        pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
        pane1.add(new JLabel ("Last name: "));
        pane1.add(field2);

        pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
        pane1.add(new JLabel("Street Address: "));
        pane1.add(field3);

        pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
        pane1.add(new JLabel("City: "));
        pane1.add(field4);

        pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
        pane1.add(new JLabel("State: "));
        pane1.add(field5);

        pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
        pane1.add(new JLabel("ZIP code: "));
        pane1.add(field6);

        int personinput = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, pane1, "Please enter your:", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
        System.out.println(personinput);
        if (personinput == JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION)
        {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You must enter your information to vote.");
           main(args);
        }
        for(int x = personinput; x==JOptionPane.OK_OPTION; x++)
        {
            firstname.add(field1.getText());
            lastname.add(field2.getText());
            address.add(field3.getText());
            city.add(field4.getText());
            state.add(field5.getText());
            zipcode.add(field6.getText());
            mainstuff();
        }

        
}


private static void mainstuff() {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
System.out.println(firstname);
System.out.println(lastname);
System.out.println(zipcode);
}
}