sentinal not working

can anyone tell me why the "stop" command does not work?

package payroll;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Payroll {

public static void main( String[] args )
{
Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
String name;
double wage;
int hours;
double pay;


System.out.print( "Welcome to the Payroll Calculator\n\n" );

System.out.print( "Enter the employee's name: " );
name = input.nextLine();

while (name.compareTo("stop") != 0 )
{

System.out.print( "Enter the employee's wage: " );
wage = input.nextDouble();
System.out.print( "Enter the number of hours worked: " );
hours = input.nextInt();
pay = wage * hours;


System.out.printf( "\n\nName: %s\nWage: $%.2f\nHours worked: %d\nPay: $%.2f\n", name, wage, hours, pay );

System.out.print( "Enter the employee's name: " );
name = input.nextLine();
}
}
}

It's customary in cases like this to ask: what does "does not work" mean?

It's not that I mean to be smart or deliberately obtuse, but you are trying to hunt down a bug and you'll need to be sharp. Precisely describing the problem is one way to sharpen your mind.

Anyway you can get a better idea of what is going on (and be able to better describe it) by adding some debugging output so you can see what the computer sees:

Code :

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while (name.compareTo("stop") != 0 )
{
    System.out.print( "Enter the employee's wage: " ); 
    wage = input.nextDouble(); 
    System.out.print( "Enter the number of hours worked: " ); 
    hours = input.nextInt(); 
    pay = wage * hours; 
 
    System.out.printf( "\n\nName: %s\nWage: $%.2f\nHours worked: %d\nPay: $%.2f\n", name, wage, hours, pay );
 
    System.out.print( "Enter the employee's name: " ); 
    name = input.nextLine();
    System.out.println("The name read from the input stream was -->" + name + "<--"); 
}

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