I’ve got a project that I am working on and it requires I have an array with a set size of 5. I then need to gather data from 4 different cases, and store them 5 times. (One of the cases can be used multiple times, case gets specified by user input). Here is what I have tried:
for (count = 0; count < 5; count++) {
employeeTypeString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What type of employee are you?nnEnter the number that corresponds to your answer.n1. Salariedn2. Hourlyn3. Commissionedn4. Base Plus Commissioned", "Employee Type", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
employeeType = Integer.parseInt(employeeTypeString);
switch (employeeType) {
case 1:
firstName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your first name?", "First Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
lastName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your last name?", "Last Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
ssn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your social security number?", "SSN", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
salaryString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your weekly salary?", "Salary", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
salary = Double.parseDouble(salaryString);
break;
case 2:
firstName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your first name?", "First Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
lastName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your last name?", "Last Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
ssn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your social security number?", "SSN", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
wageString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your hourly wage?", "Hourly Wage", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
wage = Double.parseDouble(wageString);
hoursString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "How many hours per week do you work?", "Hours Worked", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
hours = Integer.parseInt(hoursString);
break;
case 3:
firstName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your first name?", "First Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
lastName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your last name?", "Last Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
ssn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your social security number?", "SSN", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
salesString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What are your weekly gross sales?", "Gross Sales", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
sales = Double.parseDouble(salesString);
rateString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What percent of commission do you receive?", "Commsission Rate", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
rate = Double.parseDouble(rateString);
break;
case 4:
firstName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your first name?", "First Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
lastName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your last name?", "Last Name", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
ssn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your social security number?", "SSN", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
salesString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What are your weekly gross sales?", "Gross Sales", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
sales = Double.parseDouble(salesString);
rateString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What percent of commission do you receive?", "Commsission Rate", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
rate = Double.parseDouble(rateString);
salaryString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What is your base pay?", "Base Pay", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
salary = Double.parseDouble(salaryString);
break;
default:
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid entry!", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
break;
}
switch (count) {
case 0:
employees[0] = new SalariedEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, salary);
break;
case 1:
employees[1] = new HourlyEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, wage, hours);
break;
case 2:
employees[2] = new CommissionEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, sales, rate);
break;
case 3:
employees[3] = new BasePlusCommissionEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, sales, rate, salary);
break;
case 4:
employees[4] = new SalariedEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, salary);
}
}
I planned on replacing the last Switch(count) with something else, but am not sure how to go about it. The issue I have, is that no matter what I input, that Switch(count) will always iterate to the next one and does not care what I chose. So if I chose the employeeType of 1, then chose employee type of 3, it would ask me the info for type 3, but display all the info for type 2 (leading to blank results).
salaried employee: john smith social security number: 111-11-1111 date of birth: null weekly salary: $800.00 earned $3,200.00 hourly employee: sue jones social security number: 222-22-2222 date of birth: null hourly wage: $0.00; hours worked: 0.00 earned $0.00 commission employee: karen price social security number: 333-33-3333 date of birth: null gross sales: $10,000.00; commission rate: 0.06 earned $2,400.00 base-salaried commission employee: bob lewis social security number: 444-44-4444 date of birth: null gross sales: $5,000.00; commission rate: 0.04; base salary: $300.00 new base salary with 10% increase is: $330.00 earned $2,120.00 salaried employee: jomes allen date of birth: null weekly salary: $300.00 earned $1,200.00 Employee 0 is a SalariedEmployee Employee 1 is a HourlyEmployee Employee 2 is a CommissionEmployee Employee 3 is a BasePlusCommissionEmployee Employee 4 is a SalariedEmployee
As shown above, the output displays a Salaried, Hourly, Commission, BasePlus, then Salaried employee, when I actually input a Salaried, then Salaried again.
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Answer
If I understand correctly, this should work:
for (count = 0; count < 5; count++) {
employeeTypeString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "What type of employee are you?nnEnter the number that corresponds to your answer.n1. Salariedn2. Hourlyn3. Commissionedn4. Base Plus Commissioned", "Employee Type", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
employeeType = Integer.parseInt(employeeTypeString);
switch (employeeType) {
case 1:
// input data (removed for brevity)
employees[count] = new SalariedEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, salary);
break;
case 2:
// input data (removed for brevity)
employees[count] = new HourlyEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, wage, hours);
break;
case 3:
// input data (removed for brevity)
employees[count] = new CommissionEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, sales, rate);
hours);
break;
case 4:
// input data (removed for brevity)
employees[count] = new BasePlusCommissionEmployee(firstName, lastName, ssn, sales, rate, salary);
break;
default:
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid entry!", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
count--; // Subtract 1 so the loop repeats
break;
}
}