using system.out.printf

[nathj]

Hi there,

I'm a newbie when it comes to Java and I'm trying to get my head a round a few things.

I curently have the following method:

private static void runReport(Department deptIn){
        System.out.printf("Salary Report for department: " + deptIn.getName() + "\n") ;
        System.out.printf(deptIn.getManager() +"(Manager) \n");
 
        for(int i = 2; i < deptIn.getStaff().length; i++){
            System.out.printf("%f",deptIn.getEmployee(i));
        }
 

As you can see I'm trying to use printf. The idea is that the salary is output to 2 decimal places. It has been input with 2 decimal places.

I've been reading the API and I'm confused by it all so I thought I'd shout for help.

Basically deptIn.getEmployee returns an employee object and the toString method is called to generate a string that contains the employee name and the salary.

Any suggestions? Or do you need more info?

Cheers
nathj

[nathj]

Fear not. I have solved my problem by adapting the toString() method to run the formatting using string.format and the outpu is as desired.

Thanks
nathj

[r035198x]

Pleasant. Indeed the toString method is the place to put all the formatting.