Thread: How to write switch statement inside if statement?

I don't believe that the items are strings he is trying to output. I think he is trying to output the actual object. If that is so, you don't need the "manager" or "associate" part, but then you need to make sure that the objects are able to be displayed with System.out or you need to make a .toString() function for them and do it that way. I'm assuming there is more code to this because it is missing the declarations for choice and number. Also, you may have problems comparing choice to a character. If you do, instead of using the "==" use the .equalto() function. That fixes my problems every once and a while.

Thanks for the replys already, but I'm still really struggling with this code. With this code I'm trying to return employee info or pay info depending on the choice ( e or p) after the user enters 'e' or 'p' they will be asked to enter an employee number which will then output the info wanted by the user. If the user wants to see pay they will then be asked to enter the amount of hours or weeks worked depending on the employee number, the Manager is payed in weeks and Associates are hourly. Below is the whole code.

import java.util.Scanner; public class SalesCenter {  	String choice;	int number;   public SalesCenter() {   }     public static void main(String[] args) { Associate Kirby = new Associate("Kirby", "Munsen",2); Associate Bill = new Associate("Bill", "Donkin",3); Associate King = new Associate("King", "Zeal",4); Associate Luis = new Associate("Luis", "Sanfroth",5); Manager John = new Manager();   System.out.print("Select Choice: Employee info(e) / Pay (p) / Quit (q)"); choice = input.nextLine(); System.out.print("Input employee number: "); number = input.nextInt();   if (choice == "e") { switch (number) { case 1: System.out.print(John);break; case 2: System.out.print(Kirby);break; case 3: System.out.print(Bill);break; case 4: System.out.print(King);break; case 5: System.out.print(Luis);break;	} } }         }

Do you have an associate and manager class we can look at. That may help us figure out your problem a bit faster.

Manager:

public class Manager extends Employee {       public Manager() {	super("John", "Smith", 55000, 1); } public double Pay( int weeks) {	double money; money =	super.GetSalary() / 52; money = money*weeks; return money; }   }

Associate:

public class Associate extends Employee{   public Associate(String first, String last, int num) {	super(first, last, 18.75, num); } public double Pay(int hours) {	double money;	money = super.GetSalary() * hours;	return money; }   }

Superclass Employee:

public class Employee {   public String Fname; public String Lname; private double salary; private int Enumber;  	public Employee () {	Fname = " ";	Lname = " ";	salary = 0;	Enumber = 0;	} public Employee(String first, String last, double Salary, int num) {	Fname = first;	Lname = last;	salary = Salary;	Enumber = num; }   public void SetSalary (double dollars) {	salary = dollars; }   public double GetSalary() {	return salary; }   public void SetEnumber (int num) {	Enumber = num; }   public int GetEnumber() {	return Enumber; }   }

So i think i've got it all worked out.

import java.io.*;   public class SalesCenter {   private static BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(System.in));   public SalesCenter() {   }   public static void main(String[] args) { String choice = "e"; int number = 0; Associate Kirby = new Associate("Kirby", "Munsen", 2); Associate Bill = new Associate("Bill", "Donkin", 3); Associate King = new Associate("King", "Zeal", 4); Associate Luis = new Associate("Luis", "Sanfroth", 5); Manager John = new Manager();   System.out .print("Select Choice: Employee info(e) / Pay (p) / Quit (q)"); try { choice = stdin.readLine(); System.out.print("Input employee number: "); number = Integer.parseInt(stdin.readLine()); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }   if (choice.equals("e")) { switch (number) { case 1: System.out.print(John.getInfo()); break; case 2: System.out.print(Kirby.getInfo()); break; case 3: System.out.print(Bill.getInfo()); break; case 4: System.out.print(King.getInfo()); break; case 5: System.out.print(Luis.getInfo()); break; } } }   }

and i added this function to Employee

 public String getInfo() {   return Fname +"\n"+Lname+"\n"+salary+"\n"+Enumber; } }

This prolly isnt exactly what you looking for, but it works and should get you closer than you were a bit ago. Let me know if you have any more questions.