Thread: New to Java: Need help!

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I'm sorry! I will provide some code.

public class Account
{
private double balance;

public Account( double initialBalance )
{

if (initialBalance > 0.0 )
balance = initialBalance;

}

public void credit( double amount )
{
balance = balance + amount;
}

public void debit( double amount )
{
if ( amount > balance )
System.out.println( "Debit amount exceeds account balance. " );

balance = balance - amount;

}


public double getBalance()
{
if ( amount > balance)
return balance;
}
}

That was the first part of the program. Here's the second part:


import java.util.Scanner;

public class AccountTest
{
public static void main( String args[] )
{
Account account1 = new Account(50.00);
Account account2 = new Account(-7.53);

System.out.printf( "account1 balance: $%.2f\n", account1.getBalance() );
System.out.printf( "account2 balance: $%.2f\n\n", account2.getBalance() );

Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
double withdrawalAmount;

System.out.print( "Enter withdrawal amount for account1: " );
withdrawalAmount = input.nextDouble();
System.out.printf( "\nsubtracting %.2f from account1 balance\n\n", withdrawalAmount );
account1.debit( withdrawalAmount );

System.out.printf( "account1 balance: $%.2f\n", account1.getBalance() );
System.out.printf( "account2 balance: $%.2f\n\n", account2.getBalance() );

System.out.print( "Enter withdrawal amount for account2: " );
withdrawalAmount = input.nextDouble();
System.out.printf( "\nsubtracting %.2f from account2 balance\n\n", withdrawalAmount );
account2.debit( withdrawalAmount );

System.out.printf( "account1 balance: $%.2f\n", account1.getBalance() );
System.out.printf( "account2 balance: $%.2f\n", account2.getBalance() );
}
}

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Can you execute your program, copy all of the contents of the window showing your input and the programs output and describe what is wrong with what the program outputs and what you'd like it to be.

I just looked at the debit() method. What is that method supposed to do?
The same about the getBalance method.

Does your program compile?
If you are getting errors, please copy and paste here the full text of the error messages.

The debit method subtracts a value from the initialBalance in account1 and account2.

Is it supposed to always subtract? Even if the balance goes negative?
Look at the code for the debit method. What does it do if the amount is greater than the balance?


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