Thread: help, help

I am new to programming, so please accept my apologies if this question is simple.

My teacher wants us to create a method that searches a stack for the name that comes first alphabetically and returns it

for example : If I have these names in my stack:

Tiger Woods, Jack Nicholas, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas, Jimmy Demerrit, Jack Nicholas, Sam Sneed, Jimmy Demerrit, Ben Hogan, Walter Hagen, Tommy Armor, Bobby Jones

the method should return Arnold Palmer

here is my code :

public String findFirst()
{
    	System.out.println("findFirst" );
 
    	Stack<String>temp = new Stack<String>();
 
    	char letter = 'A';
    	String name = null;
 
		while(!names.isEmpty())
		{
			name = names.peek();
 
			if(name.charAt(0) == letter)
			{
				temp.push(name);
				name = names.peek();
			}
			else
			{
				temp.push(name);
				names.pop();
			}
 
		}
 
		while(!temp.isEmpty())
		{
			names.push(temp.pop());
		}
 
    	return name;
}

Please help me for I need to know how to fix it for my program

thank you in advance

What are the steps the program should take to solve your problem? Can you make a list of the steps in English?

the program should find the firs name in the stack that starts with the letter 'A'

the problem is that the program is getting in an infinite loop

Do you know which loop is the problem?
What is the condition that keeps the loop going? How can you change that condition to let the loop exit?

the program should find the firs name in the stack that starts with the letter 'A'

That is an objective of the program. What are the steps needed to do that?