如何回到程序的开始

I am trying to create a while loop with this condition. (a > 1) So basically. every time a is set to greater than 1, it will close the JFrame I created and then start the program over. My problem is that, when I try edit the integer "a" from within an action listener, it doesn't recognize that it has already been declared. This is somewhat difficult to actually describe, so here is my code.I am trying to create a while loop with this co