Can anyone tell me y is it that taxDeduc won't return the value?
import java.util.Scanner;
public class PayollComputation {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
Scanner get = new Scanner(System.in);
//variable declaration
int ctr, loc = -1, payrollPeriod, daysAbsent, minsLate, oTHours;
int tempENo = 0;
char ans, ans2;
String tempNa;
float pagibigDeduc, otherDeduc, basicPay, dailyRate, hourRate, minRate,
oTPay, lateDeduc, absentDeduc, lateAbsentDeduc, grossPay,
sssDeduc, taxDeduc, totalDeduc, netPay;
//arrays
int[] empNo = {1001, 1002, 1003, 1004};
String[] empNa = {"M. Jordan", "K. Bryant", "B. Pares", "D. Howard"};
float[] ratePerMonth = {15000, 10000, 18000, 20000};
dailyRate = 0;
hourRate = 0;
minRate = 0;
pagibigDeduc = 0;
//1st window
System.out.println("***************************************");
System.out.println("Payroll Computation System\n" +
"by Krishia Valencia\n");
System.out.print("Enter Payroll Period[1/2]: ");
payrollPeriod = get.nextInt();
if(payrollPeriod == 1){
pagibigDeduc = 100;
sssDeduc = 0; }
else if (payrollPeriod == 2)
pagibigDeduc = 0;
System.out.println();
System.out.println("***************************************");
//2nd window
System.out.println("Payroll Computation System");
System.out.println("Date Entry Section\n");
System.out.print("Enter Employee No.: ");
tempENo = get.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter OT Hours : ");
oTHours = get.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter Days Absent : ");
daysAbsent = get.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter No. of Minutes Late: ");
minsLate = get.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter Other Deductions : ");
otherDeduc = get.nextFloat();
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Enter 'C' to continue or 'X' to quit: ");
ans = (char)System.in.read();
System.in.read();
System.out.println();
System.out.println("***************************************");
if(ans == 'c' || ans =='C') {
//3rd window
System.out.println("Payroll Computation System");
System.out.println("Employee Payslip \n");
for(ctr = 0; ctr < empNo.length; ctr++ )
if(empNo[ctr] == tempENo) {
loc = ctr;
break; } //end of if{}
if (loc >= 0) {
tempENo = empNo[ctr];
tempNa = empNa[ctr];
sssDeduc = 0;
taxDeduc = 0;
netPay = 0;
//computations
basicPay = ratePerMonth[ctr] / 2;
dailyRate = ratePerMonth[ctr] / 26;
hourRate = dailyRate / 8;
minRate = hourRate / 480;
oTPay = (hourRate * 1.25f) * oTHours;
lateDeduc = minRate * minsLate;
absentDeduc = dailyRate * daysAbsent;
lateAbsentDeduc = lateDeduc + absentDeduc;
grossPay = (basicPay + oTPay) - (absentDeduc + lateDeduc);
totalDeduc = (sssDeduc + pagibigDeduc) + (taxDeduc + otherDeduc);
netPay = ratePerMonth[ctr] - totalDeduc;
//sssDeduc
if((grossPay > 15000) && (payrollPeriod == 2))
sssDeduc = 500;
else if ((grossPay >= 10000 && grossPay <= 15000) && (payrollPeriod == 2))
sssDeduc = 300;
else if ((grossPay >= 5000 && grossPay <= 9999) && (payrollPeriod == 2))
sssDeduc = 200;
else if ((grossPay >= 2500 && grossPay <= 4999) && (payrollPeriod == 2))
sssDeduc = 100;
else if ((grossPay < 2500) && (payrollPeriod == 2))
sssDeduc = 0;
totalDeduc = (sssDeduc + pagibigDeduc) + (taxDeduc + otherDeduc);
netPay = ratePerMonth[ctr] - totalDeduc;
System.out.println("Employee No. => " + tempENo);
System.out.println("Name => " + tempNa);
System.out.printf("Basic Pay => %8.2f\n", basicPay);
System.out.printf("Overtime Pay => %8.2f\n", oTPay);
System.out.printf("Late/Absences => %8.2f\n", lateAbsentDeduc);
System.out.printf("Grosspay => %8.2f\n", grossPay);
System.out.printf("SSS Ded. => %8.2f\n", sssDeduc);
System.out.printf("Tax Ded. => %8.2f\n", taxDeduc);
System.out.printf("Pag-ibig => %8.2f\n", pagibigDeduc);
System.out.printf("Other Ded. => %8.2f\n", otherDeduc);
System.out.printf("total Deductions . . . . %8.2f\n", totalDeduc);
System.out.printf("Netpay . . . . . . . . . %8.2f\n", netPay);
System.out.println("**************************************");
}//end of if(loc)
}//end of while
}//end main
public static float taxDeduc(float grossPay, float taxDeduc) {
//taxDeduc
if(grossPay > 15000)
taxDeduc = grossPay * .3f;
else if (grossPay >= 10000 && grossPay <= 15000)
taxDeduc = grossPay * .2f;
else if (grossPay >= 5000 && grossPay <= 9999)
taxDeduc = grossPay * .1f;
else if (grossPay >= 2500 && grossPay <= 4999)
taxDeduc = grossPay * .05f;
else if (grossPay < 2500)
taxDeduc = 0;
return taxDeduc;}
}I wanted to make a separate method for the taxDeduc but I It won't return the value. This is the first time I used predefined method so I'm getting lost here..
If I remove it from the method and put it back to main, it works fine
