[shanesing77]

I am a beginner in learning java. I don't know how to write code to create a class to get user input. I have written the rest of the program, but I know I am missing the class that would make the program recognize the user input. I am using netbeans to create the program. I have gotten as far as starting a new class in the library I created, but I'm not sure what to type to create the class and give it attributes to get the user information. Is there a class I can import to accomplish this? This is the way my code looks without the class:

Code

/* Payroll.java

* Calculates employees weekly pay.

* Shannon Singleton 10/19/08 12:00PM

*/



package payroll;



/**

*

* @author shannon.singleton

*/

import java.util.Scanner;//program uses class Scanner

public class Payroll {



/**

* @param args the command line arguments

*/

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Create Scanner to retrieve user input

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);



String name;//employee name

double number1;//hourly rate

double number2;//hours worked

double pay; //hourly rate times hours worked





System.out.println( "What is the employee's name?"); //prompt

name = input.nextSring(); //read employee name from user





System.out.println( "What is the employee's hourly rate?"); //prompt

number1 = input.nextDouble(); // read employee's hourly rate from user





System.out.println( "What is the employee's hours worked?");//prompt

number2 = input.nextDouble(); //read employee's hours worked from user





pay = number1 * number2; //Multiply hourly rate by hours worked



System.out.printf( "%s made $%.2f this week.\n", name, pay);

//displays name and pay)





}//end method main



}//end class Payroll

/Code

[mostyfriedman]

you have already imported the scanner class and created a new scanner object and taken input from the user, what is the problem now??

[markhazlett9]

Also remember to your code inside a code block like this...

your code here

[shanesing77]

When it runs, it just stops after the first question, which is "What is the employee's name?" It looks like it's waiting on input from a user. I try to type something in, but it doesn't let me. I'm assuming I need to import some other class to get it to work.

[shanesing77]

I went back to Netbeans and ran it again. I didn't realize I had to double click for it to put in user information! The problem I have now is that it only let me type in one character for the string "What is the employee's name.

[mostyfriedman]

you dont need an extra class for it, just the scanner...but i dont know about the nextString() method for input, i always use nextLine()..give it a try and also if you have a problem with netbeans, try to run the program from the command prompt

[Locke]

I believe the nextLine() method in place of nextString() should solve all your problems.

[shanesing77]

That did the trick. Thanks. Now I'm working on putting a while loop in place to have the user continuously enter the info until he enters stop to quit. I also have to add a prompt that tells the user to enter a positive number if they try to enter a negative number for hours worked and hourly pay. I tried to impliment my while loop, but it's telling me I am using I can't use != to compare strings. If I can't use that then what do I use?

CODE

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Create Scanner to retrieve user input

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);




String name;//employee name
String stop;//initializes stop
double number1;//hourly rate

double number2;//hours worked

double pay; //hourly rate times hours worked





System.out.print( "What is the employee's name?"); //prompt

name = input.nextLine(); //read employee name from user

while(name != stop)
{
System.out.print( "What is the employee's hourly rate?"); //prompt

number1 = input.nextDouble(); // read employee's hourly rate from user





System.out.print( "What is the employee's hours worked?");//prompt

number2 = input.nextDouble(); //read employee's hours worked from user




pay = number1 * number2; //Multiply hourly rate by hours worked



System.out.printf( "%s made $%.2f this week.\n", name, pay);

//displays name and pay)

System.out.print( “What is the employee’s name?” ); //prompt

}//end while



}//end method main



}//end class Payroll

[mostyfriedman]

nope, you cant compare strings like that "!=" can only be used to compare primitive data types..to compare Strings you will have to use String methods..

String s1;
String s2;
s1.equals( s2 ); // returns true if s1 equals s2 and returns false otherwise

this method is a boolean method, it returns true if the 2 Strings are equals and false otherwise..note that this method is case sensitive.. for more info about String methods, check the API

This post has been edited by mostyfriedman: 24 October 2008 - 07:05 PM

[pbl]

while(name != stop)

This will always be true
- the String pointer name does not point to the same String as stop which is not initialized

You'll have tp

String stop = "stop";
name = input.nextLine();
while(!name.equals(stop)) {
...

[gruffy]

Hey sorry if this too late but ive been mucking baout with this way of getting input, maybe you can gleen something from this.
Make a project in Netbeans and call it "MyWriteFile" to save you some hassles.

and then copy this in to see how you can read in a string of any length (practically) and it will copy the whole thing and repeat it in the console below.

I see that you could adapt this to intake a string from an input scenario and do something with it, be it write it to file, or store in a db , i dunno.

I hope this helps in some small way.

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

import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
 *
 * @author MuthaLoad
 */
public class MyWriteFile {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) 
        throws IOException {
        
            Scanner s = null; //create scanner storage var
            System.out.println("welcome to the copier\n\tWould you like to input something\n\tand see it copied?");
            
            try 
            { 
                s = new Scanner (System.in);// construct scanner object s and...
                //...tell it from where to scan from.
                
                //use the .hasNext() method to identify that another character is stored after the last
                while (s.hasNext()) //while text in s continues/is true
                {
                    //use the .next() method to tumble out the words stored in s
                    System.out.println(s.next()); //print out what is stored in s
                }
                //The following "finally" block 
                //method cleans up and then closes the PrintWriter
            } finally //clean up and clear out the printer
            {
            if (s != null) //if s not equal to null
            {
                s.close();//close down scanner s
            }

        }
            
    }
}

Cheers Gruffy

wo just seen how old that post is , whoops