Thread: i cannot figure out what's wrong

I think i am doing it right but the program skips line 30 where it asks user to insert first name. i dont know why this happens and would like help.

code is unfinish btw i just needed to fix this before i want to move forward

import java.util.Scanner;
public class EmployeeTest {
 
	public static void main(String[] args){
		String yourName;
		String yourLastName;
		double yourSalary;
 
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		Employee applicant1 = new Employee("Trung","Lam",2729.00);
		Employee applicant2 = new Employee("Vanessajoie","Castillo",4055.00);
 
		System.out.printf("Initial employee1 is %s %s and makes $%.2f monthly\n",
				applicant1.getName(), applicant1.getSurName(), applicant1.getSalary());
		System.out.printf("Initial employee2 is %s %s and makes $%.2f monthly\n",
				applicant2.getName(), applicant2.getSurName(), applicant2.getSalary());
 
//set up new employee1
		System.out.print("New employee1 first name: ");
		yourName = input.nextLine();
		System.out.print("New employee1 last name: ");
		yourLastName = input.nextLine();
		System.out.print("New employee1 salary: $");
		yourSalary = input.nextDouble();
		applicant1.setName(yourName);
		applicant1.setSurName(yourLastName);
		applicant1.setSalary(yourSalary);
//set up new employee2
		System.out.print("New employee2 first name: ");
		yourName = input.nextLine();
		System.out.print("New employee2 last name: ");
		yourLastName = input.nextLine();
		System.out.print("New employee2 salary: $");
		yourSalary = input.nextDouble();
		applicant2.setName(yourName);
		applicant2.setSurName(yourLastName);
		applicant2.setSalary(yourSalary);
 
//list current employees
		System.out.printf("Current employee1 is %s %s and makes $%.2f monthly\n",
				applicant1.getName(), applicant1.getSurName(), applicant1.getSalary());
		System.out.printf("Current employee2 is %s %s and makes $%.2f monthly\n", 
				applicant2.getName(), applicant2.getSurName(), applicant2.getSalary());
 
	}
}

 
 
public class Employee {
 
	private String name;
	private String surName;
	private double salary;
 
	public Employee(String eName, String eSurName, double eSalary){
		name = eName;
		surName = eSurName;
		salary = eSalary;
	}
//setting values
	public void setName(String eName){
		name = eName;
	}
	public void setSurName(String eSurName){
		surName = eSurName;
	}
	public void setSalary(double eSalary){
		if (eSalary >= 0)
			salary = eSalary;
		else
			salary = 0.0;
	}
//get values
	public String getName(){
		return name;
	}
	public String getSurName(){
		return surName;
	}
	public double getSalary(){
		return salary;
	}
}

A pitfall of using nextInt and nextDouble is that those methods do not consume the end of line. When user enters the salary of employee 1 the EOL is still in the buffer. When the program reaches the line asking for the name of employee 2 it scans the EOL still in the buffer and returns an empty String. Simple solution: add a call to nextLine after the call to nextDouble.

Read my post again. It is short for something I mentioned earlier.