Java programming question

[NickiWood]

I am in a beginners Java programming class. So far I am doing ok in the class, although there are some things that I am sure will come in time. Right now we are doing an onging project that started with a basic payroll application. Every week we build on it. I am having some troubles with this week. The idea of the program is to continue to request the employees information until the user enters 'stop' as the employee name. I keep getting an error message when I compile it.

Here is what I have:

// Payroll22.java
// Payroll program that displays the weekly pay of employee.
import java.util.Scanner; // program uses class Scanner // Author: Nicki

public class Payroll22
{

// main method begins execution of Java application
public static void main( String args[] )

String name = input.next();
double rate = input.nextDouble();
double hours = input.nextDouble();

{
// create Scanner to obtain input from command window
Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );

// prompt for and input employee name
System.out.printf( "Enter the employee name:\n" );

while (!name.equalsIgnoreCase("stop"))
{

// Hourly Rate input
System.out.printf( "Enter the employee's hourly rate in dollars:\n" );

while ( rate < 0 )
{
System.out.printf( "Please enter a positive value:" );
rate = input.nextDouble( );
} // end while loop (pay rate)

// Hours Worked input
System.out.printf( "Enter the number of hours worked:\n" );

while ( hours < 0 )
{
System.out.printf( "Please enter a positive value:" );
hours = input.nextDouble( );
} // end while loop (hours worked)

// Output the result
System.out.printf( "Employee: " + name + "\n" );
System.out.printf( "Pay: $%.2f", rate*hours );

// prompt for and input employee name
System.out.printf( "Enter the employee name:" );

} // end while loop

} // end method main

} // end class Payroll22



The error that shows up has to do with line 9 and it says the following:

' ; ' expected public static void main ( String args[] )

The arrow is pointing to the space after the last parenthesis.

Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? I have a feeling it is something obvious that I keep overlooking because I have looked at it too long.

Thank you for your help!

Nicki

[BigDaddyLH]

Your method should look like the following (note braces)

public static void main(String[]args) {
...
}

Remember that all methods (including main) have a body delimited by braces.

[NickiWood]

Thank you very much. I knew it was an obvious mistake.

Of course now I have 3 additional errors. This time they are within my varibale definitions. It says that the ' i ' in input is a symbol that cannot be found. nay ideas?

Thanks again!

Nicki

[Laharl]

You need to create your Scanner object using its constructor, so include a line at the top:

Scanner input = new Scanner();

That's how you create objects (anything that isn't an int/float/double/boolean/etc builtin primitive type).

[BigDaddyLH]

You need to keep in mind that local variables need to be defined before they can be used, and that you should prompt the user before reading their reply: just remember that statements are executed in order:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
    System.out.printf( "Enter the employee name:\n" );
    String name = input.next();
...