Thread: having issues with if else statement

This is a payroll assignment, and I don't know exactly why my if and else statements keep returning errors, I've tried adding curly braces inside of the if and the else parts, yet can't seem to get it right. Could anyone please give me insight on what I am doing wrong? If there's anything else you see wrong, please give me your feedback but I do have to meet certain specifications assigned by the teacher, thank you.

package assignmentproject1; /* CHANGE (FINAL) VAR NAMES, SCAN & VERIFY, ORGANIZE AND PUT FORMULAS ON BOTTOM, ORGANIZE VAR @ TOP, */ import java.util.*; public class ProjectTest {   public static void main (String[] args) {   Scanner stdin = new Scanner (System.in);     final int OVERTIMEHOURS = 40; final double FEDTAX = 0.25, CALITAX = 0.09075, SS_MEDI_FICA = 0.0765, UEIDI = 0.02, OVERTIMEMULTIPLIER = 1.5; double fedtax, ss_medi_fica, grossPay, rate, totalcost_to_Employer, calitax, netPay, hours, ueidi, employerFICA; boolean overtime = false;     //Inputs rate and hours, then calculates the gross pay. System.out.print ("Enter hourly rate in dollars and cents --> "); rate = stdin.nextDouble ();     while (rate > 0) { System.out.print ("Enter number of hours and tenths worked --> "); hours = stdin.nextDouble ();   System.out.println ();// LINE SPACER   System.out.printf ("Rate:%38.2f \n",rate);   System.out.printf ("Hours:%37.1f \n",hours);     //CHECKS CONDITION System.out.println ();// LINE SPACER   if (hours > OVERTIMEHOURS)   overtime = true;   else overtime= false;   fedtax = grossPay * FEDTAX; //calculates federal tax. calitax = grossPay * CALITAX; //calculates state (CA) tax. ss_medi_fica = grossPay * SS_MEDI_FICA; //employee pays for FICA. ueidi = grossPay * UEIDI; employerFICA = grossPay * SS_MEDI_FICA; //employer pays for FICA. netPay = grossPay - (fedtax + CALITAX + SS_MEDI_FICA); totalcost_to_Employer = grossPay + employerFICA + ueidi;   if (overtime) grossPay = rate * OVERTIMEHOURS + (hours - OVERTIMEHOURS) * (rate * OVERTIMEMULTIPLIER); System.out.printf ("Gross Pay: %32.2f ", grossPay); System.out.print (" includes overtime\n"); else grossPay = rate * hours;   System.out.printf ("Gross Pay: %32.2f \n", grossPay);       System.out.printf ("Federal Tax: %30.2f \n", fedtax);   System.out.printf ("State Tax: %32.2f \n", calitax);   System.out.printf ("FICA: %37.2f \n", ss_medi_fica);   System.out.printf ("Net Pay: %34.2f \n", netPay);   System.out.println ();   System.out.printf ("Employer's FICA contribution: %13.2f \n", employerFICA);   System.out.printf ("Employer's UEI and DI contribution: %7.2f \n", ueidi);   System.out.printf ("Cost to Employer: %25.2f \n", totalcost_to_Employer);   System.out.println ();   System.out.print ("Enter hourly rate in dollars and cents --> "); rate = stdin.nextDouble ();   }//end of while loop   }//end main   }//end class

Hello! Thank you for answering
well so do you mean like this?
if (overtime)
{
grossPay = rate * OVERTIMEHOURS + (hours - OVERTIMEHOURS)
* (rate * OVERTIMEMULTIPLIER);
System.out.printf ("Gross Pay: %32.2f ", grossPay);
System.out.print (" includes overtime\n");
}
else
{
grossPay = rate * hours;

System.out.printf ("Gross Pay: %32.2f \n", grossPay);
}

Yep, are there still errors?

Ah, sorry for the late response, everything runs great, the booleans checkout and the statements match thank you again!

Sorry, feel like you deserve to see the code, I was having trouble locating it, I'm going to bed and thank you again for the help!

package assignmentproject1; /* CHANGE (FINAL) VAR NAMES, SCAN & VERIFY, ORGANIZE AND PUT FORMULAS ON BOTTOM, ORGANIZE VAR @ TOP, */ import java.util.*; public class ProjectTest {   public static void main (String[] args) {   Scanner stdin = new Scanner (System.in);     final int OVERTIMEHOURS = 40; final double FEDTAX = 0.25, CALITAX = 0.09075, SS_MEDI_FICA = 0.0765, UEIDI = 0.02, OVERTIMEMULTIPLIER = 1.5; double fedtax, ss_medi_fica, grossPay, rate, totalcost_to_Employer, calitax, netPay, hours, ueidi, employerFICA; boolean overtime = false;     //Inputs rate and hours, then calculates the gross pay. System.out.print ("Enter hourly rate in dollars and cents --> "); rate = stdin.nextDouble ();     while (rate > 0) { System.out.print ("Enter number of hours and tenths worked --> "); hours = stdin.nextDouble ();   System.out.println ();// LINE SPACER   System.out.printf ("Rate:%38.2f \n",rate);   System.out.printf ("Hours:%37.1f \n",hours);     //CHECKS CONDITION System.out.println ();// LINE SPACER   if (hours > OVERTIMEHOURS) { overtime = true; } else { overtime= false;   }   if (overtime) { grossPay = rate * OVERTIMEHOURS + (hours - OVERTIMEHOURS) * (rate * OVERTIMEMULTIPLIER); System.out.printf ("Gross Pay: %32.2f ", grossPay); System.out.print (" includes overtime\n"); } else { grossPay = rate * hours; } //calculations always go after loops and if else statements. fedtax = grossPay * FEDTAX; //calculates federal tax. calitax = grossPay * CALITAX; //calculates state (CA) tax. ss_medi_fica = grossPay * SS_MEDI_FICA; //employee pays for FICA. ueidi = grossPay * UEIDI; employerFICA = grossPay * SS_MEDI_FICA; //employer pays for FICA. netPay = grossPay - (fedtax + CALITAX + SS_MEDI_FICA); totalcost_to_Employer = grossPay + employerFICA + ueidi;   System.out.printf ("Gross Pay: %32.2f \n", grossPay);   System.out.printf ("Federal Tax: %30.2f \n", fedtax);   System.out.printf ("State Tax: %32.2f \n", calitax);   System.out.printf ("FICA: %37.2f \n", ss_medi_fica);   System.out.printf ("Net Pay: %34.2f \n", netPay);   System.out.println ();   System.out.printf ("Employer's FICA contribution: %13.2f \n", employerFICA);   System.out.printf ("Employer's UEI and DI contribution: %7.2f \n", ueidi);   System.out.printf ("Cost to Employer: %25.2f \n", totalcost_to_Employer);   System.out.println ();   System.out.print ("Enter hourly rate in dollars and cents --> "); rate = stdin.nextDouble ();   }//end of while loop   }//end main   }//end class