Thread: Need help with simple code

Hello all I could really use help with the following. . . I understand the logic behind programming but, I suck at Java syntax.

• A salesperson will earn a fixed salary of $50,000.00.
• A salesperson will also receive a commission as a sales incentive. Commission is a percentage of the salesperson’s annual sales. The current commission is 5%.
• The total annual compensation is the fixed salary plus the commission earned.

It has to meet the following requirements

• The application should have (at least) two classes: an originally-written main class source code file and an originally-written subclass file that work in conjunction. Importing other Java library subclasses is encouraged.
• There should be proper documentation (comments) in both source code files.
• The application should ask the user to enter annual sales, and it should display the total annual compensation.

Any and all help would be appreciated.

We can't write it for you. Make an effort and we can help. Apply the logic you think you understand and learn the Java syntax you're not confident in along the way. Use your textbook, class notes, and tutorials as needed.

This is an online class so there really are no class notes . . . If I was in a physical class it would probably a bit easier to grasp. I could write out psuedocode but I'm not sure how that will help me with creating a class in the actual Java language. I'm not looking for a handout, just a hand up. Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by DreC32

I could write out psuedocode but I'm not sure how that will help me with creating a class in the actual Java language

Pseudocode would translate to any language, as it is just a step by step outline of what is necessary to solve the problem. Writing java to solve a problem can be difficult, but writing java to perform the steps of a given solution is much easier. Start with the pseudocode and move on from there

This is what I have so far . . . I'm Using NetBeans . . . I'm not sure if I have satisfied the class within a class requirements and the math is not responding like I need it to.

/*
* To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
package javaapplication2;

/**
*
* @author crowder, andre
*/
import java.util.Scanner;
public class JavaApplication2 {

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in);
double ast;
double com;
double total;
com= .05;
System.out.println("Please enter your annual sales total.");
ast=in.nextDouble();
total= ast*com;
System.out.println("Your total compensation plus commission is " +total+ast);






}
}

--- Update ---

Okay I have made a couple more changes. I have not found a way to deal with the decimal place being too short or eliminate it all together. . . any help would be greatly appreciated. . . also I still don't know if I have satisfied the double class requirement. . . Lord know I didn't comment anything.

/*
* To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
package javaapplication2;

/**
*
* @author crowder, andre
*/
import java.util.Scanner;
public class JavaApplication2 {

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{

Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in);
double total;
double com;
double ast;
double annual;
com = .05;
System.out.println("Please enter your annual sales total.");
ast=in.nextInt();
total= com*ast;
annual= ast+total;
System.out.println("Your total commission is " +total);
System.out.println("Your total compensation plus commission is " +annual);
}
}

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Originally Posted by DreC32

don't know if I have satisfied the double class requirement. . .

Did you write two classes, in two separate files? If so, maybe, and if not, then definitely not.

What do you mean the decimal place is too short? Are you seeing rounding/truncation errors in the math? Please describe the problems you have left and ask specific questions about what you do not understand

Use system.out.printf();
Here is the API
Complete Printf for Java Format String Specification

Also it would be ast = in.NextDouble() not in.nextInt() because you declared ast as a double.