Make else statement perform the opposite of the if statement

I have spaces being equal to 2. However, I want my else statement to execute when spaces does not equal 2 (whether that's more than 2 or less than 2).

if(difficulty.equalsIgnoreCase("h")) // The only way to make this work (for whatever reason) is to input the numbers twice (ex. "5 5", then underneath, "5 5")
                        {
                            if(spaces == 2)
                            {
                                while(hidden.contains(word))
                                {

                                if(word.charAt(0) == hidden.charAt(spaces1))
                                {
                                    dash = dash.substring(0, spaces1) + word + dash.substring(spaces1 + 1, dash.length());
                                }
                                if(word.charAt(0) == hidden.charAt(spaces2))
                                {
                                    dash = dash.substring(0, spaces2) + word + dash.substring(spaces2 + 1, dash.length());
                                }

                                if(word.charAt(0) == hidden.charAt(spaces1) || (word.charAt(0) == hidden.charAt(spaces2)))
                                        {
                                            rightGuess = true;
                                            System.out.println("Your guess is in the word!");
                                            System.out.println("The updated word is " + dash);
                                            continue game;
                                        }
                                }
                                numGuessed = numGuessed - 1;
                                System.out.println("Your letter was not found in the spaces you provided.");
                                System.out.println("Guesses Remaining: " + numGuessed);
                                System.out.println("The updated word is " + dash);
                                continue game;
                            }
                            else //this else statement doesn't execute
                            {
                                System.out.println("Your input is invalid.  Try again.");
                                continue game;
                            }

I've tried labeling else as "else (spaces != 2), but that doesn't execute anything, and if there's no else statement, there's no execution unless the user enters 2 integers. I can't seem to perform an execution for the alternative.