Identifier expected

[Chris Rothgeb]

Let me ask first. In this code is it necessary to have a test class or will it allow the user to input information and then display once the identifier issue is resolved.

 // Payroll1.java is a payrollapplication that calculates an employees weekly pay based on //hours and pay rate
// This program uses a class to store and retrieve the employee name, hourly rate, and hours worked. 
// Use a constructor to initialize the employee information, and a method withing that class to calculate weekly pay.
import java.util.Scanner; // Scanner for user input  
 
public class Payroll1
 {
private String name;
private double rate;
private double hours;
 
// constructor to store employee name, rate, and hours 
    public Payroll1( String name, double Rate, double Hours )
{
name = employeesName;
rate = Rate;
hours = Hours;
} // end constructor
 
public void Payroll1(name, rate, hours)
{
return name = " " + rate + " " + hours;
System.out.printf("Enter employee name: %d\n", "Pay rate:$%.2f", "Hours Worked:%.2f", employeesName, rate, 
 
hours);
}
 
public static void main (String args[])
{
 
// create Scanner to obtain input from command window 
        Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );  
 
String employeesName = name; // name to be entered
double rate = 0; // hourly rate to be entered 
double hours = 0; // number of hours worked to be entered 
double netPay = 0; // product of hourly and hours
double count; // looping variable
 
for (count = 1; count <= 100; count++) // loop-counter
{
 if (employeesName.equals("stop"))
{
System.out.print("Stop entered");
System.exit(0);
}
do{
System.out.print("Enter the pay rate as a positive number: "); // prompt for hourly rate 
rate = input.nextDouble(); //read pay rate from user 
}while (rate <= 0);

do{
System.out.print("Enter the number of hours worked for the week as positive number: "); // prompt for hours 
hours = input.nextDouble(); //read number of hours worked 
}while (hours <= 0);
 

netPay = hours * rate;
 System.out.printf("Employees Name: %s\nNet Pay is: $%.2f", employeesName, netPay);
System.out.println();
String garbage = input.nextLine();
 
} // end for

     } // end method main
 
  } // end class payroll
 

 
 

[Campbell Ritchie]

What is the actual question? Where do you get "identifier required," and what do you think it means?
Does the code even compile? I don't think it will since I can see code after a "return".
You are confusing the constructor with a method of the same name; avoid methods which might be confused with constructors.

I think it will probably run once you have got your compiler errors sorted out.

[Chris Rothgeb]

Apologies. I am confusing the constructor and method with same name. Ok. Thanks. I will redo it.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Good luck with it.

And you may find the "identifier required" is because you are declaring parameters without giving them a type.