One Problem.

[Dasau]

I am almost complete this assignment. But I am stuck with line 108 error. Could someone please help me out on this?

import java.io.*;
public class Assignment4
{
	public static void main(String[]args) throws IOException
	{
		//delcare and construct variables
		int marStatus, status, gross, earn, excess, annual;
		double fica, medicare, net;
		BufferedReader dataIn= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

		//print prompts and get input
		System.out.print("Enter your relationship status (1)Single, or (2)Married. ");
		marStatus = Integer.parseInt(dataIn.readLine());
		status = marStatus;

		System.out.print("Enter your Annual Salary: $");
		gross = Integer.parseInt(dataIn.readLine());
		annual = gross;

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

				System.out.println("Weekly Gross: $" + (annual/52));
				earn = annual/52;
				System.out.println("FICA (Social Security Tax): $" + (earn * .062));
				fica = earn * .062;
				System.out.println("Medicare Tax: $" + (earn *.0145));
				medicare = earn *.0145;
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
		     {
				// for single
		     	if (status==1)
		     	{
		     	if (earn <= 116)
		     		{
		            	System.out.println("The amount to withhold is $0.0");
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=116 && earn<=200)
		        	{
						excess = (earn-116);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (excess * .10));
						net = (excess * .10);
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=200 && earn<=693)
					{
						excess = (earn-200);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (8.40+(excess*.15)));
						net = (8.40+(excess*.15));
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=639 && earn<=1302)
		        	{
						excess = (earn-639);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (82.35+(excess*.25)));
						net = (82.35+(excess*.25));
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=1302)
					{
						excess = (earn-1302);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (234.50+(excess*.27)));
						net = (234.50+(excess*.27));
		        	}
				}


				// for married
		     	if (status==2)
		     	{
		     	if (earn <= 264)
		     		{
		            	System.out.println("The amount to withhold is $0.0");
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=264 && earn<=471)
		        	{
						excess = (earn-264);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (excess * .10));
						net = (excess * .10);
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=471 && earn<=1457)
					{
						excess = (earn-471);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (20.70+(excess*.15)));
						net = (20.70+(excess*.15));
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=1457 && earn<=1809)
		        	{
						excess = (earn-1457);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (168.60+(excess*.25)));
						net = (168.60+(excess*.25));
		        	}
		        else if (earn>=1809)
					{
						excess = (earn-1809);
						System.out.println("Excess earnings over wage bracket : $" + (excess));
						System.out.println("Federal Income Tax :$" + (256.60+(excess*.27)));
						net = (256.60+(excess*.27));
		        	}
				}

			}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

				System.out.println("Net Paycheck: $" + (earn-fica-medicare-net));

	}
}

[Traevel]

Hi there,

Just at first glance... your variable net has not been initialized, try assigning a default value to it and see if that fixes the problem. Though, next time try to be a little more specific about the errors you are receiving. "The local variable net may not have been initialized" instead of "line 108 error" would be a lot more helpful, for instance.

Good luck with your assignment,

Traevel

[Dasau]

default value fix the problem, but I want it to get the Net value from if else if statement, instead of making it one value.

[Traevel]

If you initialized net in the declaration it should be able to be updated unless it was made final I ran your code after initializing net and after entering 1 and 15000 received the following result:

Enter your relationship status (1)Single, or (2)Married. 1
Enter your Annual Salary: $15000
Weekly Gross: $288
FICA (Social Security Tax): $17.856
Medicare Tax: $4.176
Excess earnings over wage bracket : $88
Federal Income Tax :$21.6
Net Paycheck: $244.36800000000002

Perhaps it needs rounding, but it's definitely not returning the default value I gave it.

Change line 8 in your code to include a value and it should work.

Good luck,

Traevel

edit: By the way, I forgot to mention that net had a default value of 0 and returned 21.6 in the end.

[Dasau]

So on line 8. Am I suppose to make it like this

double fica, medicare, net = 0;