Question

Ok, I looked through a lot of forums in this website and I cannot find my problem. I keep getting an error stating “cannot find symbol” and points to the “n” in “new” on my EmployeeTest app. Here is my code:

first file:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Employee

{

    private String fName;
    private String lName;
    private Double mSalary;

    public Employee( String first, String last, Double mth)
    {
        fName = first;
        lName = last;
        if ( mth > 0.00 )
            mSalary = mth;

        if ( mth < 0.00 )
            mSalary = 0.00;
    }

    public void setFName( String first )
    {
        fName = first;
    }

    public void setLName( String last )
    {
        lName = last;
    }

    public void setMSalary( Double mth )
    {
        mSalary = mth;
    }

    public String getFName()
    {
        return fName;
    }

    public String getLName()
    {
        return lName;
    }

    public Double getMSalary()
    {
        return mSalary;
    }

    public void displayMessage()
    {
        System.out.printf( "%s %s has a monthly salary of $%.2f\n",
            getFName(),
            getLName(),
            getMSalary() );
    }
}

Second file:

public class EmployeeTest

{

    public static void main( String[] args )
        {
            Employee myEmployee = new Employee( 
                "Fred", "Rogers", "10" );

            System.out.printf( "Employee's first name is: %s\n",
                myEmployee.getFName() );
            System.out.printf( "\nEmployee's last name is: %s\n",
                myEmployee.getLName() );
            System.out.printf( "\nEmployee's monthly salary is: %d\n",
                myEmployee.getMSalary() );
        }
}

I have a feeling it has to do with my constructor but I cannot find out what the problem is! I must have looked over my code a ka-jillion times!

Answer 1

changing EmployeeTest

Employee myEmployee = new Employee("Fred", "Rogers", "10" );

to:

Employee myEmployee = new Employee( "Fred", "Rogers", 10d );

and:

System.out.printf( "\nEmployee's monthly salary is: %d\n", myEmployee.getMSalary() );

to:

System.out.printf( "\nEmployee's monthly salary is: %f\n", myEmployee.getMSalary() );