Errors compiling a Payroll Program in Java

[aureao4]

I'm new to Java and programming. I'm trying to code a payroll program and continue getting errors. The program worked last week, this week I have to add set, get and a class. I've written the class but when I compile the program I get 13 errors. Can anyone assist me with this? Thank you!

Errors I get:
C:\Java>javac *.java
Payroll3.java:1 8: illegal start of type
while ( !exit )
^
Payroll3.java:1 8: <identifier> expected
while ( !exit )
^
Payroll3.java:5 3: illegal start of expression
public void setHoursWorked( float hours)
^
Payroll3.java:6 1: <identifier> expected
System.out.prin tln( "Enter hourly pay rate: " ); // prompt for input
^
Payroll3.java:6 1: illegal start of type
System.out.prin tln( "Enter hourly pay rate: " ); // prompt for input
^
Payroll3.java:6 2: <identifier> expected
PayRate = input.nextFloat (); // display hourly rate
^
Payroll3.java:6 3: illegal start of type
while ( PayRate <= 0 ) // prompt the user to input a positive number
^
Payroll3.java:6 3: <identifier> expected
while ( PayRate <= 0 ) // prompt the user to input a positive number
^
Payroll3.java:8 1: <identifier> expected
System.out.prin t( "Total weekly pay is $%.2f\n", multiply); // display
weekly pay
^
Payroll3.java:8 1: illegal start of type
System.out.prin t( "Total weekly pay is $%.2f\n", multiply); // display
weekly pay
^
Payroll3.java:8 2: <identifier> expected
cleanInputBuffe r = input.nextLine( );
^
Payroll3.java:8 5: class, interface, or enum expected
System.out.prin tln(); // inserts a blank line
^
Payroll3.java:8 7: class, interface, or enum expected
} // end while
^
13 errors



My program is as follows:

 import java.util.Scanner; // program uses Scanner
 
public class Payroll3
{
 private String nameOfEmployee;
 
  public Payroll3( String name ) 
  { 
    nameOfEmployee = name;
  } // end constructor
 
     boolean exit = false; // this flag will stop the program
 
       // loop until user exits from program
       while ( !exit )
       {
         // create Scanner to obtain input from command window
         Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
 
         float HoursWorked; // input number of hours worked
         float PayRate; // input hourly pay rate
         float multiply; // multiply NumberHours with PayRate
 
         // clean input buffer
         String cleanInputBuffer = "";
 
         // input the employee's name
         System.out.print( "Enter the employee's name or exit to quit:" );
         String nameOfEmployee = input.nextLine(); // display employee's name
 
           if(nameOfEmployee.equals("exit"))
           {
              System.out.println( "End of Program.");
              exit = true;
           } // end if statement
 
           else
           {
              // user did not exit, so continue prompt
              System.out.print( "Enter number of hours worked:" ); // prompt for input
              HoursWorked = input.nextFloat(); // display number of hours worked
                while ( HoursWorked <= 0 ) // prompt the user to input a positive number
             {
                  System.out.print( "Number of hours worked must be a positive value." + "Please enter the number of hours worked again:" ); 
                  // prompt for a positive number
                  HoursWorked = input.nextFloat();
                } // end while
 
                //set hours worked
                public void setHoursWorked( float hours )
                {
                   HoursWorked = HoursWorked;
                }
                public float getHoursWorked() // method get hours worked
                {
                   return HoursWorked;
                }
                     System.out.print( "Enter hourly pay rate: " ); // prompt for input
                     PayRate = input.nextFloat(); // display hourly rate
                     while ( PayRate <= 0 ) // prompt the user to input a positive number
                     {
                     System.out.print( "Pay Rate must be a positive value." + "Enter hourly pay rate: " ); // prompt for a positive number
                     PayRate = input.nextFloat(); // display hourly rate
                     } // end while
                   public void setPayRate( float PayRate ) // method set pay rate
                   {
                     PayRate = PayRate;
                   }
                   public float getPayRate() // method get pay rate
                   {
                     return PayRate;
                   }
                        public float calculateWeeklyPay()
                      {
                        return multiply = HoursWorked * PayRate; //calculate weekly pay
                      }
 
                       System.out.print( "Total weekly pay is $%.2f\n", multiply); // display weekly pay
                       cleanInputBuffer = input.nextLine();
            } // end else statement
 
                     System.out.println(); // inserts a blank line
 
        } // end while
 
  } // end main
 
} // end class Payroll3
 and
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class TestPayroll3 
 { // start Payroll3 
 
  public static void main( String args[]) 
  { 
  Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in ); 
 
 
    TestPayroll3 myEmployee = new TestPayroll3(); 
 
 
    System.out.printf("Enter the employee's name or exit to quit:"); 
 
 
         System.out.print( "Enter hourly pay rate: " ); 
         myEmployee.setpayrate(input.nextDouble()); 
 
 
         System.out.print( "Please enter the number of hours worked again:" ); 
         myEmployee.sethoursworked(input.nextDouble()); 
 
 
         System.out.printf("Employee earned " + myEmployee.calculateweeklypay() ); 
 
 
  } // end main
 } // end Payroll3

[JosAH]

Look at that first while loop; it's a statement. Statements can on occur in a body
of a method. You put that while statement at the class level, i.e. outside of any
method body. It should read something like this:

public void yourMethod() { // starting from here you can put statements
 
   while( ... ) { // your while statement
      ...
   } // end of your while statement
 
} // end of the method, back at class level again
 

kind regards,

Jos

[aureao4]

Look at that first while loop; it's a statement. Statements can on occur in a body
of a method. You put that while statement at the class level, i.e. outside of any
method body. It should read something like this:

public void yourMethod() { // starting from here you can put statements
 
   while( ... ) { // your while statement
      ...
   } // end of your while statement
 
} // end of the method, back at class level again
 

kind regards,

Jos

Jos, thanks for the advice that worked. But for some reason it won't read the public void setHoursWorked
The error I know get is: Payroll3.java:4 6: illegal start of expression
public void setHoursWorked( float hours )

Here is the portion of the code where I get the error message:

else
{
// method set hours worked
public void setHoursWorked( float hours )
{
HoursWorked = HoursWorked;
} // end set hours worked
public float getHoursWorked( ) // method get hours worked
{
return HoursWorked;

// user did not exit, so continue prompt
System.out.prin t( "Enter number of hours worked:" ); // prompt for input
HoursWorked = input.nextFloat (); // display number of hours worked
while ( HoursWorked <= 0 ) // prompt the user to input a positive number
{
System.out.prin t( "Number of hours worked must be a positive value." + "Please enter the number of hours worked again:" );
// prompt for a positive number
HoursWorked = input.nextFloat ();
} // end while
} // end get hoursworked method

[JosAH]

Jos, thanks for the advice that worked. But for some reason it won't read the public void setHoursWorked
The error I know get is: Payroll3.java:4 6: illegal start of expression
public void setHoursWorked( float hours )

Given the error message you have a little (curly) braces problem; the result is
that to the compiler it seems that you want to define another method inside
yet another method; here's a correct example:

class YourClass {
   public void yetAntotherMethod() {
      // statements here
   }
   public void anotherMethod() {
      // more statements here
   }
}
 

When you forget a right curly bracket you get this:

class YourClass {
   public void yetAntotherMethod() {
      // statements here
 
      public void anotherMethod() {
         // more statements here
      }
}
 

which is incorrect of course; count the matching curly brackets and most likely
you'll find your error (maybe your editor can count and match them for you).

kind regards,

Jos

[aureao4]

Given the error message you have a little (curly) braces problem; the result is
that to the compiler it seems that you want to define another method inside
yet another method; here's a correct example:

class YourClass {
   public void yetAntotherMethod() {
      // statements here
   }
   public void anotherMethod() {
      // more statements here
   }
}
 

When you forget a right curly bracket you get this:

class YourClass {
   public void yetAntotherMethod() {
      // statements here
 
      public void anotherMethod() {
         // more statements here
      }
}
 

which is incorrect of course; count the matching curly brackets and most likely
you'll find your error (maybe your editor can count and match them for you).

kind regards,

Jos

Jos, again thank you for the assistance. I counted all the brackets and matched them up. But I can't seem to get rid of the error message. Thanks again! Aurea

[JosAH]

Jos, again thank you for the assistance. I counted all the brackets and matched them up. But I can't seem to get rid of the error message. Thanks again! Aurea

Well then post your code up to and including the first method the compiler
starts whining about. Put your code in [ code ] ... [ /code ] tags (without the
spaces) for readability reasons.

kind regards,

Jos

[aureao4]

Well then post your code up to and including the first method the compiler
starts whining about. Put your code in [ code ] ... [ /code ] tags (without the
spaces) for readability reasons.

kind regards,

Jos

Jos,

I got it to work. I found out I actually needed two files, a class and my program. I played with it until I was able to correct all errors and it finally worked.
Thank you for your assistance.
Aurea