Question

I have the following program:

   #include <stdio.h>

 int main (void)
{
int n, number, employeeNumber,counter;
float wage,hours,grossPay;
grossPay = wage*hours;

    for ( counter = 1; counter <=5; ++counter) {

    printf ("Enter Clock#:");
    scanf ("%i",&number);
    printf ("Enter Wage:");
    scanf ("%f",&wage);
    printf ("Enter Hours:");
    scanf ("%f",&hours);

    employeeNumber = 0;

    for ( n = 1; n <= number; ++n)
        employeeNumber +=n;

    printf ("--------------------------------\n");
    printf ("Clock#    Wage    Hours    Gross\n");
    printf ("--------------------------------\n");
    printf ("%06i     %.02f      %.01f   %f\n\n", number, wage, hours,grossPay);
    }
    return 0;        
    }

When I run the program, grossPay currently comes out to zero. I want grossPay to equal wage*hours, and it will depends on what I type in as the wage and hours for that clock number. Can anyone provide a tip on how to go about this? Thanks!

Answer 1

Move this line

grossPay = wage*hours;

after

scanf ("%f",&hours);

You should try to calculate grossPay after user inputs wage & hours. By default during declaration wage and hours will be initialized to default value i.e. 0.0 and hence you are getting grossPay zero.