Payroll Program Java

[alexlunar]

Hello, I am trying to figure out when I have done wrong or what i have not included in my most recent edit of my payroll code.

My code from last week was

// Week 2 payroll
// payroll program that calculates weekly pay
// sentinel-controlled repetition
import java.util.Scanner; // program uses class Scanner

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

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

     String name; // employee's name
     double number1; // first number to multiply
     double number2; // second number to multiply
     double product; // product of number1 and number2

System.out.print( "Enter employees name or type stop to quit: " ); // prompt user for employee name
name = input.nextLine(); // read input employee name

while (!name.equals("stop") )
   {
   System.out.print( "Enter hourly rate: " ); // prompt user for hourly rate
   number1 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hourly rate 
     while ( number1 < 0 )
       {
       System.out.println( "No Negative Numbers, Please type a positive number" );
       System.out.print( "Enter hourly rate: " ); // prompt user for hourly rate
       number1 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hourly rate 
       }


     System.out.print( "Enter hours worked this week: " ); // prompt user for hours worked 
     number2 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hours worked
     while ( number2 < 0 )
       {
       System.out.println( "No Negative Numbers, Please type a positive number" );
       System.out.print( "Enter hours worked this week: " ); // prompt user for hours worked 
       number2 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hours worked
       }

   product = number1 * number2; // multiply hourly rate by hours worked

   System.out.printf( "Employee " + name ); // display employee name 

   System.out.printf( "\nTotal Pay $" + product ); // display total weekly pay

     input = new Scanner( System.in );

     System.out.print( "\nEnter employees name or type stop to quit: " ); // prompt user for employee name
     name = input.nextLine(); // read input employee name
   }

System.out.println( "Program Ended ~ Good Bye!" );

} // end method main

} // end class payroll

And this compiled and ran just fine. This week my instructions were to "Modify the Payroll Program so that it uses a class to store and retrieve the employee's name, the hourly rate, and the number of hours worked. Use a constructor to initialize the employee information, and a method within that class to calculate the weekly pay."

here is my current code...

// Week 4 payroll
// payroll program that calculates weekly pay
// sentinel-controlled repetition
import java.util.Scanner; // program uses class Scanner

//Class payroll
public class payroll
{
   
   {
   
   private String employeeName; // name
   private double number1; // rate
   private double number2; // hours
  
   // payroll constructor for name, rate, hours
   public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
     
     {
       employeename = name;
       rate = number1; 
       hours = number2;
     } // end constructor

     //set name

     public void setEmployeeName( String name)

     {
       employeeName = name;
     } // end set name

     // method get employeename
     public String getEmployeeName();
     {
       return employeeName;
     } // end method get employeename

     //set rate
     public void setRate( double number1)
     {
       rate = number1;
     } // end set rate

 
     // method get rate
     public double getRate();
     {
       return number1;
     } // end method get rate

     //set hours
     public void setHours( double number2)
     {
       hours = number2;
     } // end set hours

     // method get hours
     public double getHours();
     {
       return number2;
     } // end method get hours
     
public static void main( String args[] )

   // begins main section
   
   {

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

     String name; // employee's name
     double number1; // rate to multiply
     double number2; // hours to multiply
     double product; // product of number1 and number2

System.out.print( "Enter employees name or type stop to quit: " ); // prompt user for employee name
name = input.nextLine(); // read input employee name

while (!name.equals("stop") )
   {
   System.out.print( "Enter hourly rate: " ); // prompt user for hourly rate
   number1 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hourly rate 
     while ( number1 < 0 )
       {
       System.out.println( "No Negative Numbers, Please type a positive number" );
       System.out.print( "Enter hourly rate: " ); // prompt user for hourly rate
       number1 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hourly rate 
       }


     System.out.print( "Enter hours worked this week: " ); // prompt user for hours worked 
     number2 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hours worked
     while ( number2 < 0 )
       {
       System.out.println( "No Negative Numbers, Please type a positive number" );
       System.out.print( "Enter hours worked this week: " ); // prompt user for hours worked 
       number2 = input.nextDouble(); // read input hours worked
       }

   product = number1 * number2; // multiply hourly rate by hours worked

   System.out.printf( "Employee " + name ); // display employee name 

   System.out.printf( "\nTotal Pay $" + product ); // display total weekly pay

     input = new Scanner( System.in );

     System.out.print( "\nEnter employees name or type stop to quit: " ); // prompt user for employee name
     name = input.nextLine(); // read input employee name
   }

System.out.println( "Program Ended ~ Good Bye!" );

} // end method main

} // end class payroll

I get the following errors when i try to compile this...

payroll.java:12 : illegal start of expression
private String employeeName; // name
^
payroll.java:13 : illegal start of expression
private double number1; // rate
^
payroll.java:14 : illegal start of expression
private double number2; // hours
^
payroll.java:17 : illegal start of expression
public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
^
payroll.java:17 : ')' expected
public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
^
payroll.java:17 : illegal start of expression
public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
^
payroll.java:17 : ';' expected
public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
^
payroll.java:17 : not a statement
public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
^
payroll.java:17 : ';' expected
public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
^
payroll.java:17 : ';' expected
public Payroll( String name, double number1, double number2 )
^
payroll.java:27 : illegal start of expression
public void setEmployeeName ( String name)
^
payroll.java:27 : illegal start of expression
public void setEmployeeName ( String name)
^
payroll.java:27 : ';' expected
public void setEmployeeName ( String name)
^
payroll.java:27 : ';' expected
public void setEmployeeName ( String name)
^
payroll.java:34 : illegal start of expression
public String getEmployeeName ();
^
payroll.java:34 : ';' expected
public String getEmployeeName ();
^
payroll.java:40 : illegal start of expression
public void setRate( double number1)
^
payroll.java:40 : illegal start of expression
public void setRate( double number1)
^
payroll.java:40 : ';' expected
public void setRate( double number1)
^
payroll.java:40 : ';' expected
public void setRate( double number1)
^
payroll.java:47 : illegal start of expression
public double getRate();
^
payroll.java:47 : ';' expected
public double getRate();
^
payroll.java:53 : illegal start of expression
public void setHours( double number2)
^
payroll.java:53 : illegal start of expression
public void setHours( double number2)
^
payroll.java:53 : ';' expected
public void setHours( double number2)
^
payroll.java:53 : ';' expected
public void setHours( double number2)
^
payroll.java:59 : illegal start of expression
public double getHours();
^
payroll.java:59 : ';' expected
public double getHours();
^
payroll.java:64 : illegal start of expression
public static void main( String args[] )
^
payroll.java:64 : illegal start of expression
public static void main( String args[] )
^
payroll.java:64 : ';' expected
public static void main( String args[] )
^
payroll.java:64 : ')' expected
public static void main( String args[] )
^
payroll.java:64 : illegal start of expression
public static void main( String args[] )
^
payroll.java:64 : ';' expected
public static void main( String args[] )
^
payroll.java:64 : illegal start of expression
public static void main( String args[] )
^
payroll.java:64 : ';' expected
public static void main( String args[] )
^
36 errors

[Markus]

Hi, alexlunar. Welcome to the forums.

First off, I'd like to point you to our Forum Guidelines, specifically the section on Posting Code. Please remember to use [CODE] tags.

Secondly, to your problem, it looks like you have a rogue curly bracket on line 10 of the new code. Remove this and you should be good to go.

Mark.

[kabo otsetswe]

there is no main method in that code...