Question

Please help with my assignment. Here is the question:

Create a separate test driver class
called TestEmployeePayroll that will
test the EmployeePayroll class by
performing the following:

Prompt the user to enter the
employees’ ID number, First name, Last
name, Pay Category and Hours worked
(one at a time).

• The user entry for employees ID
  number must be exactly 5 digits long.
• The user entry for Category must only
  be accepted if it is in the range 1
  to 4.
• The user entry for Hours worked
  must only be accepted if it is the
  range 1 to 80.

This is what I did till now:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class TestEmployeePayRoll {

    public static void main(String[] args){
        EmployeePayRoll obj1 = new EmployeePayRoll();

        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter the Employee ID number: "+ " ");
        String EmployeeID = input.nextLine();

        //How to check the range here if int is 5 digits long or not ?

        System.out.println("Enter the first Name: "+ " ");
        String FirstName =  input.nextLine();

        System.out.println("Enter Last Name: "+ " ");
        String LastName = input.nextLine();

        System.out.println("Enter the Pay Category: "+ " ");
        double PayCategory = input.nextDouble();

        System.out.println("Enter the number of hours worked: "+ " ");
        double HoursWorked = input.nextDouble();
    }
}

Answer 1

You can count the length of a String and then convert it to number, Oli Charlesworth told you how to convert it, or you can measure the number. It depends on what you want. Is 012345 a valid ID? It’s a 6 char String but it is less than the biggest 5 digits number.