Question

Write a program that calculates and displays the take-home pay for a commissioned sales employee after deductions are taken. The employee receives 7% of his or her total sales as his or her gross pay. His or her federal tax rate is 18%. He or she contributes 10% to his or her retirement program and 6% to Social Security. Use the Processing Logic provided in Step 2 below as a guide. The program’s output should look something like this:

Enter weekly sales: 28,000
Total sales:    $28,000.00
Gross pay (7%): $1,960.00
Federal tax paid:   $352.80
Social security paid:   $117.60
Retirement contribution:    $196.00
Total deductions:   $666.40

Take home pay:  $1,293.60
Press any key to continue.

//Here is my Code, I am having trouble getting input

        //Declarations

        int weeklySales;
        double grossPay = weeklySales * .07;
        double fedTax = grossPay * .18;
        double retirement = grossPay * .1;
        double socSecurity = grossPay * .06;
        double totDeductions = socSecurity + retirement + fedTax;
        double takeHomePay = grossPay - totDeductions;

        //Promt user for Input
        System.Console.WriteLine("What is your weekly Sales?");
        weeklySales = Console.Read();
        System.Console.ReadLine();




         //Output Display
        System.Console.Write("\nYour Weekly Sale amount is :\t\t" + weeklySales+ "\n\nGross Pay:\t\t\t\t" + grossPay+ "\n\nFed Tax \t\t\t\t" + fedTax + "\n\nRetirement\t\t\t\t"+ retirement + "\n\nSocial Security:\t\t\t" + socSecurity + "\n\nTotal Deductions:\t\t\t" + totDeductions + "\n\nMaking your take home pay:\t\t" + takeHomePay);
        System.Console.ReadLine();

Answer 1

Proper method:

Int32 weeklySales = 0;

while (weeklySales.Equals(0))
{
    Console.WriteLine("What are your weekly sales?");
    String input = Console.ReadLine();

    try
    {
        weeklySales = Int32.Parse(input);
    }
    catch
    {
        Console.WriteLine("There is an error in your input, try again!");
    }
}

Double grossPay = weeklySales * .07;
Double fedTax = grossPay * .18;
Double retirement = grossPay * .1;
Double socSecurity = grossPay * .06;
Double totDeductions = socSecurity + retirement + fedTax;
Double takeHomePay = grossPay - totDeductions;

Console.Write("\nYour Weekly Sale amount is :" + weeklySales + "$\nGross Pay: " + grossPay + "$\nFed Tax: " + fedTax + "$\nRetirement: " + retirement + "$\nSocial Security: " + socSecurity + "$\nTotal Deductions: " + totDeductions + "$\nMaking your take home pay: " + takeHomePay + "$");
Console.Read();

Easy method:

Console.WriteLine("What are your weekly sales?");

try
{
    Int32 weeklySales = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

    Double grossPay = weeklySales * .07;
    Double fedTax = grossPay * .18;
    Double retirement = grossPay * .1;
    Double socSecurity = grossPay * .06;
    Double totDeductions = socSecurity + retirement + fedTax;
    Double takeHomePay = grossPay - totDeductions;

    Console.Write("\nYour Weekly Sale amount is :" + weeklySales + "$\nGross Pay: " + grossPay + "$\nFed Tax: " + fedTax + "$\nRetirement: " + retirement + "$\nSocial Security: " + socSecurity + "$\nTotal Deductions: " + totDeductions + "$\nMaking your take home pay: " + takeHomePay + "$");
    Console.Read();
}
catch
{
    Console.WriteLine("There is an error in input. Program will be terminated.");
}