Help with my code.
I can't figure out why it will not calculate any real numbers (like decimals). Thanks!
// Payroll.java // file name of program
// Payroll Program //name of program
import java.util.Scanner;//imports the scanner program to be used to track user inputs
public class Payroll //defines the class
{
public static void main( String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
float hlyPay;
float hrsWrkd;
float pay;
System.out.print("Payroll Calculation Program"); //prints line to describe program
System.out.println();//adds an extra line to space header away from body
System.out.println();//adds an extra line to space header away from body
System.out.print("Enter Employee Name:");
String empName = input.nextLine();//allows program to capture information entered by user for later use
System.out.print("Enter Hourly Rate of Employee:$");
hlyPay = input.nextFloat();//allows program to capture information about the hourly rate of the employee
System.out.print("Enter Number of Hours Employee Worked:");
hrsWrkd = input.nextFloat();//allows program to capture information about the hours worked for the employee
pay = hlyPay * hrsWrkd;//finds the pay based on the hourly rate and hours worked from the employee
System.out.printf("%s's weekly pay amount is $%d.",empName,pay);//prints employees name and the pay the employee will receive for the week
}
}
[1511 byte] By [
hurstta] at [2007-11-27 5:58:28]
warnerja,
Thank you for your help. I actually solved it by adding %.2f in the last print line so it would accept the decimals. I leave the comments in there because this is for a class and I want the teacher to know I understand each line.
Maybe you can help with this next issue. I need to make it so it continues to request employee information until the user enters stop as the employee name.
This is what I have(no comments included):
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Payroll2
{
public static void main( String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
float hlyPay;
float hrsWrkd;
float pay;
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Payroll Calculation Program");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Enter Employee Name:");
String empName = input.nextLine();
System.out.printf("Enter the hourly rate for %s:$",empName);
hlyPay = input.nextFloat();
while (hlyPay < 0.00)
{
System.out.print("Please re-enter the hourly rate using only positive numbers:$");
hlyPay = input.nextFloat();
}
System.out.printf("Enter number of hours %s worked:",empName);
hrsWrkd = input.nextFloat();
while (hrsWrkd < 0.00)
{
System.out.printf("Please re-enter the number of hours that %s worked using only positive numbers:",empName);
hrsWrkd = input.nextFloat();
}
pay = hlyPay * hrsWrkd;
System.out.printf("%s's weekly pay amount is $%.2f.\n",empName,pay);
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
}
}
Please, please use code tags.
Try this:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Payroll2 {
public static void main( String args[]) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
float hlyPay;
float hrsWrkd;
float pay;
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Payroll Calculation Program");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Enter Employee Name:");
String empName = input.nextLine();
while ( !empName.equalsIgnoreCase("stop") )
{
System.out.printf("Enter the hourly rate for %s:$",empName);
hlyPay = input.nextFloat();
while (hlyPay < 0.00) {
System.out.print("Please re-enter the hourly rate using only positive numbers:$");
hlyPay = input.nextFloat();
}
System.out.printf("Enter number of hours %s worked:",empName);
hrsWrkd = input.nextFloat();
while (hrsWrkd < 0.00) {
System.out.printf("Please re-enter the number of hours that %s worked using only positive numbers:",empName);
hrsWrkd = input.nextFloat();
}
pay = hlyPay * hrsWrkd;
System.out.printf("%s's weekly pay amount is $%.2f.\n",empName,pay);
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
input.nextLine(); //need to eat one extra line somewhere; never worked with Scanner before, so no idea why.
System.out.print("Enter Employee Name:");
empName = input.nextLine();
}
}
}
