Thread: Help with my loop

Hello Xrrak,

Welcome to the Java Programming Forums.

Here is a quick code snippet for you which may help:

import java.util.*;
 
public class Test {
 
    public static void main(String args[]) {
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter your name: ");
 
        while (sc.hasNext()) {
            String name = sc.next();
 
            if (name.equals("stop")) {
                System.exit(0);
            }
 
            System.out.println("Hello " + name);
            System.out.println("Enter your name: ");
        }
 
    }
}

I have modified your original code using the example I gave above. You can see the changes in bold.

This should solve your problem

package test;
 
//Payroll1.java
//Payroll1 that displays calculates weekly pay for an employee
import java.util.Scanner; // program uses class Scanner
 
public class Payroll1
{
// 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; // employees name
   int payrate; // employees hourly rate
   int hours; // hours employee worked for the week
   int product; // product of payrate and hours
 
   System.out.print( "Enter Employee's name: , enter stop to end." ); // prompt
 
   [B]while (input.hasNext())[/B]
   {       
      name = input.next(); // read name from user
 
      [B]if (name.equals("stop")) {
          System.exit(0);
      }[/B]
 
      System.out.print( "Enter payrate: " ); // prompt
      payrate = input.nextInt(); // read hourly rate from user
      while ( payrate <= 0 )
      {
         System.out.print( "Payrate must be a positive number, try again: $" );
         payrate = input.nextInt();
      }
 
      System.out.print( "Enter hours worked: " ); // prompt
      hours = input.nextInt(); // read hours worked from user
      while ( hours <= 0 )
      {
         System.out.print( "Hours must be a positive number, try again: " );
         hours = input.nextInt();
      }
 
 
      product = payrate * hours; // multiply payrate times hours worked
 
      System.out.printf( "Employee Name: %s, Weekly pay is $%d%n", name, product );
 
      [B]System.out.print( "Enter Employee's name: , enter stop to end." ); // prompt[/B]
   } // end while
 
} // end method main
 
} // end class Payroll1