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[Neema Doma]

Question"
determine the gross pay for each of three employee. the company pays "stright-time" for the first 40 hrs worked by each employee and pays "time-and-a-half" for all hours worked in excess of 40
hours.
employee Hours Hourly
Joe 39 12
Jane 40 35
Paula 45 45
should pass in one set of hours worked and the hourly rate, as command line parameters, then calculate the gross pay...
example
java Project1. 40 10
will produce the output: 400

[Shama Khan]

So what's the question? Interesting assignment from Comp Sci 101!

[Joseph Russell]

I believe I could help but this sounds like homework. If you need help understanding something I'll help but this isn't the right place for others to do your homework for you.

[Cindy Glass]

Neema,
If the question is "where do I start" then this is the basic structure of a java application:
Create a file named Pay.java that sits in the directory that you have your Path and Classpath pointed to.
In the file create a class

public class Pay{
   public static void main(String args[]){

   String name = args[0];// get the first input
   int hours = Integer.parseint(args[1]); // get the second input
   int payrate = Integer.parsein(args[2]);  //get the third input 
   //put code to "kick off" the calculations here
   }
   // put methods to do calculations here

}

compile the code by typing at the prompt
>javac Pay.java
run the code by typing
>java Pay Joe 39 12
etc.