Payroll Application SOS

[Katherine692008]

**I'm to the point I think where I can ask a user to input a string value,
answer is Hourly.
if hourly the user enters hours, then the program prints out value in currency format

answer is Salary
user enters which salary level
Level 1 is for recent college grads
Level 2 is for executives

level one and level 2 have different salary levels and pay is calulated on a bi-weekly pay schedule**

import java.io.*;

public class Payroll
{

   public static void main( String args[] )throws IOException
{
    System.out.println("Are you an Hourly or Salary worked?");
    BufferedReader br;
        br = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );//gathers data from user 
    String line = br.readLine();

    if(line.equals("Hourly"))
    {
        System.out.println("Enter Hours Worked");
        System.out.println("Enter Pay Rate");
    }
 [COLOR="Red"]       //a. If hourly then ask for the following
//i. Hours worked
//ii. Pay Rate
//1. If the hours worked is greater than 40 hours then you must calculate total 
//pay for the first 40 hours at the pay rate given and then calculate hours 
//above 40 at time and a half[/COLOR]

//        
    else if(line.equals("Salary"))
    {
    System.out.println("Enter a Salary level 1 or 2");
    } //Level 1 is for recent college grads
        //Level 2 is for executives
    else
    {
        System.out.println("     ");
        }
    }

}

//iii. The bottom line is just set to constant variables with the yearly 
//salary for either level and calculate the pay based on bi-weekly pay schedule.

//4. Be able to print/show the results for the date taken in after all data has been entered.

//5. Please put this into a loop that will allow more than one entry. 

//FORMAT THE RESULT AS A CURRENCY (w/ a $ sign in front of it)

[Jens]

Wait? What is your actual question, if I may ask.
This looks like an assignment I had one day :p

[Katherine692008]

My question is I'm wondering what kind of control state I should use.
I know there is an IF statement in there, but I question how I would do that and when a condition is found true CONVERT USER INPUT so that I there program can calculate there entries to currency$
also
When a user enters selections I'm not sure how to convert those selections to FORMAT CURRENCY so that the strings they enter can be converted to output currency

Thanks for you feedback

[javaAddict]

Personally I have no idea what are you talking about. If you want to change a String to int then use:
String s="2";
int i=Integer.parseInt(s);

The rest of your post don't make any sense

[javaAddict]

I have read with more attention your post and I think that when you get the salary you can print it with a '$' at the beginning. I don't know if this is what you want because it sounds to easy:
String salary="20.00";
System.out.println("$"+salary);

[Katherine692008]

I hope this makes it clearer
What this program is suppose to do is.

Prompt a user to enter HOURLY or SALARY worker
If HOURLY Worker, the User will enter hours worked & pay rate

If hours worked are > 40 calculate total pay for the first 40 hours at the entered pay rate given and then calculate hours above 40 at time and a half

THE DISPLAY WILL BE
HOURLY Worker
Worked: X number of hours
Paid: X amount of $ (format as US curreny)

If Salary Worker, the user will enter hours worked & Salary Level 1 or Level 2
Level 1 has one salary level
Level 2 has another salalry level
//Pay is calculated on a bi-weekly schedule for salary workers

THE DISPLAY WILL BE
Salary Worker
Worked: X number of hours
Paid: X amount of $ (format as US curreny)
//Pay is calculated on a bi-weekly schedule for salary workers