Thread: Pretty basic java program..need some help!

Hey guys need some help on this program. I am simply trying to write a program that does the following....

There is an appliance store that is offering 1% (0.01) financing for 12 months on any purchase.
I need to use constants for the finance rate and number of months (which i think i got)
Have the user enter their purchase price
Formatting ALL numeric output with two decimals, tell the user how much their monthly payment
will be (using the formula below) and the total amount to be paid.
monthly payment = ( (purchase price* financing rate) + purchase price) / months

here is my code so far....
import java.util.Scanner;


public class rate
{
public static final int RATE = 0.01;
public static final int MONTH = 12;
public static void main(String[] args)
{

System.out.println(RATE);
System.out.println(MONTH);
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in); // create a Scanner object
String input; // read in user input as a string
int qty; // number of items purchased

System.out.print("Price of purchased item: "); // user prompt
input = s.nextLine(); // read input as a string
purchase price = Integer.parseInt(input);

System.out.print("Your monthly payment: "); // user prompt
input = s.nextLine(); // read input as a string
financing rate = Integer.parseInt(input); // convert to int

System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchase price* financing rate) + purchase price) / months);

} // end main

} // end class Lab1

It doesn't want to compile I get errors for having 0.01 and also i recieve numerous errors with

System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchase price* financing rate) + purchase price) / months);

Any help is appreciated!
Have a nice day

Paste the errors messages here so that we could have a look over them.

purchase price = Integer.parseInt(input);

Where is purchase price declared/initialized? And variables can't have whitespace in their names.

financing rate = Integer.parseInt(input); // convert to int

Where is financing rate declared/initialized? And variables can't have whitespace in their names.

System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchase price* financing rate) + purchase price) / months);

Concatenate your variables values with the String ones by using concatenation operator.

code-import java.util.Scanner;


public class rate
{
public static final int RATE = 1;
public static final int MONTH = 12;
public static void main(String[] args)
{

System.out.println(RATE);
System.out.println(MONTH);
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in); // create a Scanner object
String input; // read in user input as a string

int purchaseprice; // number of items purchased
int financingrate; // number of items purchased


System.out.print("Price of purchased item: "); // user prompt
input = s.nextLine(); // read input as a string
purchaseprice = Integer.parseInt(input); //

System.out.print("Quantity: "); // user prompt
input = s.nextLine(); // read input as a string
financingrate = Integer.parseInt(input); // convert to int

System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchaseprice* financingrate) + purchaseprice) / MONTH);

} // end main

} // end class

errors
rate.java:37: ')' expected
System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchaseprice* financingrate) + purchaseprice) / MONTH);
^
rate.java:37: not a statement
System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchaseprice* financingrate) + purchaseprice) / MONTH);
^
rate.java:37: ';' expected
System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchaseprice* financingrate) + purchaseprice) / MONTH);
^
rate.java:37: not a statement
System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchaseprice* financingrate) + purchaseprice) / MONTH);
^
rate.java:37: ';' expected
System.out.println("Total purchase order = $" ( (purchaseprice* financingrate) + purchaseprice) / MONTH);
thanks alot for your help fellas

Read the 2nd reply to your thread and you will get your answer. See that carefully.

hey fellas thanks a lot for your time and help. i got up and running!

Originally Posted by LAerving

hey fellas thanks a lot for your time and help. i got up and running!

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