// I keep getting an error when it come time to input the hourly
//rate. My code seems correct....anyone see what's wrong?? I can't
//compile the rest of the code then either, which if frustrating
//because I just put in some loops, and I'm not sure if they are
//correct either.....any input would be fantastic:)
// A calculation program that displays an employee's information and hourly rate.
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
public class Payroll
{
// main method begins execution of Java application
public static void main( String args[] )
{
// create Scanner to obtain input from command window
Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
NumberFormat currency = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
String employeefirstName ; // employee's first name
String employeelastName ; // employee's last name
double hourly_rate; // hourly rate
double hours_worked; // number of hours worked for the week
double weekly_pay; // amount due to employee
boolean end = false; // is the input name stop?
while (end == false) // as long as end is false, proceed
{
hourlyRate = -1; // this way, both are initiated to be -1;
hoursWorked = -1;
System.out.print("Enter Name of Employee:");
employeeName = input.nextLine();
if (employeeName.toLowerCase() == "stop") {
end = true;
} // when the stop is detected, change the boolean, which will end the while loop while(hourlyRate<0)
// since this was initiated to -1, it will loop until it gets a positive value
System.out.print( "Enter employee's first name or type STOP to quit program: " ); // prompt user to input employee's first name
employeefirstName = input.next();// read employee's name from user's input
// start loop
while ( !name.equals("stop") )
System.out.print( "Enter hourly rate: " ); // prompt user for employee's hourly rate
hourly_rate = input.nextDouble(); // read hourly rate from user's input
if (hourly_rate <0){
System.out.printf( "A negative value was entered for hourly rate, enter a positive rate");
} else {
System.out.printf( "Enter hours worked for the week: " ); // prompt user to enter number of hours worked for the week
hours_worked = input.nextDouble();// read number of hours worked from user's input
if (hours <= 0) {
System.out.println("A negative value was entered for the number of hours, enter a positive number");
} else {
weekly_pay = hourly_rate * hours_worked; // calculating weekly pay
System.out.println( "Employee: " + employeefirstName + employeelastName ); // displays employee's name
System.out.println( "Total Pay: " + currency.format(weekly_pay)); // displays weekly pay
//1st prompt for user input in loop
System.out.println("Enter employee's first name\nor type stop to quit");//
employeefirstName = input.next();
} // end method main
} // end class Payroll
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