Question

Okay so part two on this. I restructured the code on this but now I can’t figure out a way to return back the empWeeklyPay without initializing it to zero. And if I initialize it to zero then my pay will always be zero? Can anyone think of anything I can do?

public double getWeeklyPay()//Call the getWeeklyHours method of the Emp's timecard to      get the total
//hours worked and then multiply the returned value by the emp's hourly rate and return the value.
{
TimeCard empTimeCard = timeCard;
double empWeeklyPay;
double totalOtHours;
double totalRegHours;
int i = 0;

while(i <= empTimeCard.NUMDAYS && empTimeCard.getHoursByDay(i) > 8)
{
double empHourlyRate = getHourlyRate();
double otHours = 0;
double regHours = 0;
double sumOtHours = 0;
int sumRegHours = 0;

//grabbing the overtime and reghours and storing them
otHours = empTimeCard.getHoursByDay(i) % 8;
regHours = empTimeCard.getHoursByDay(i) - otHours;
sumOtHours += otHours;
sumRegHours += regHours;
double tmpBasePay = (sumRegHours * empHourlyRate) + (sumOtHours * empHourlyRate * 1.5);

if(Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '0' || Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '2'
|| Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '9')
//Java reads in 1010 so need to convert to a string to do a count on the value.
{
  tmpBasePay += (tmpBasePay * .10);        
  i++;
}
else if(Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '3')
{
  tmpBasePay -= (tmpBasePay *.10);
  i++;
}
else if(Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '8')
{ 
  tmpBasePay += (tmpBasePay * .20);
  i++;
}
totalRegHours = regHours;
totalOtHours = sumOtHours;
if(totalRegHours > 34)
{
tmpBasePay -= (tmpBasePay * .06);
//empWeeklyPay = tmpBasePay;
empWeeklyPay = tmpBasePay;
}
else
{
empWeeklyPay = tmpBasePay;
}

}

return empWeeklyPay;// <---need to return back this value.   

Answer 1

Here is the answer to my question. I was able to figure it out. Please see code below in case someone else faces this same problem in the near or distant future:

public double getWeeklyPay() {
// Call the getWeeklyHours method of the Emp's timecard to get the total hours worked
// and then multiply the returned value by the emp's hourly rate and return the value.

double empWeeklyPay;
double sumOtHours = 0;
double sumRegHours = 0;
int i = 0;


while(i < getTimeCard().NUMDAYS) {
// grabbing the overtime and regHours and storing them

    double otHours = 0;
    double regHours = 0;
    otHours += getTimeCard().getHoursByDay(i);
    regHours += getTimeCard().getHoursByDay(i) - otHours;
    sumOtHours += otHours;
    sumRegHours += regHours;
    i++;
}    

empWeeklyPay = (sumRegHours * getHourlyRate()) + (sumOtHours * getHourlyRate() * 1.5);

if(Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '0' || Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '2'
|| Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '9') {
// Java reads in 1010 so need to convert to a string to do a count on the value.

    double tmpBasePay = (sumRegHours * getHourlyRate()) + (sumOtHours * getHourlyRate() * 1.5);  
    tmpBasePay += (tmpBasePay * .10); 
    empWeeklyPay = tmpBasePay;
}

else if(Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '3') {
  double tmpBasePay = (sumRegHours * getHourlyRate()) + (sumOtHours * getHourlyRate() * 1.5);
    tmpBasePay -= (tmpBasePay * .10);
    empWeeklyPay = tmpBasePay;
}

else if(Integer.toString(getEmployeeId()).charAt(0) == '8') { 
    double tmpBasePay = (sumRegHours * getHourlyRate()) + (sumOtHours * getHourlyRate() * 1.5);  
    tmpBasePay += (tmpBasePay * .20);
    empWeeklyPay = tmpBasePay;
}

if(sumRegHours > 34) {
    empWeeklyPay -= (empWeeklyPay * .06 );
    return empWeeklyPay;
}

else
    return empWeeklyPay;
}