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    Default Var Might have been initialize

    Hello, Soo my java coding has this 2 ways of paymentterm that is cash and credit.
    the problem is the category of the File that is being read would be on the Payment Term.
    and the payment term would have cash and credit. So what i'm trying to say is that I want the cash and credit to be written in a different output because one of them has a discount.

    so I use IF Statement.. which is If ( PaymentTerm == CREDIT )

    but apparently the error said Variable Credit might not have been initialize
    What should I actually should put?
    ps. Im using BlueJ
    import java.util.*;
    import java.io.*;
     
    public class Assignment2
    {
    public static void main(String[]args ) throws FileNotFoundException
    {
        String[] A= {"Aaron Technology Sdn Bhd", "Bagunan Aziz dan Anak-anak"//0 1
                    , "Blok'A', Tingkat 1, No.4","Jalan Adam, Simpang 234",// 2 3
                    "AST-Beyond, Kuala Hawa", "Brunie CH134", "Receipt No",// 4 5 6
                      "Customer Name :", "Payment Term :", "Item No. : ",// 7 8 9
                 "-----------------------------"," ","Total Include GST of 5% :", //10 11 12
                "Total Amount", // 13
            "------------------------------------Cut Here ---------------------------------", // 14
            "Discount Rate : 10%"}; //15
         String PaymentTerm , PaymentTerm2, CustomerName, ItemNo , ItemName , CREDIT, CASH  ;
     
        double x=0.00,Quantity,Price = 1 , Tax =0.05 , ReceiptNo ;            
     
       Scanner readFile = new Scanner(new FileReader("C:\\Users\\user\\Documents\\DIT MKJB\\Programming Java\\customer.txt"));
     
       PrintWriter writeFile = new PrintWriter("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\receipts.txt");
     
    while(readFile.hasNext())
        {
    //Categories being read in Customer.txt file
        ReceiptNo = readFile.nextDouble();
        PaymentTerm = readFile.next();
        CustomerName = readFile.next();
        ItemNo = readFile.next();
        ItemName = readFile.next();
        Quantity = readFile.nextDouble();
        Price = readFile.nextDouble();
     
     
          writeFile.printf("%53s %n%54s %n%53s %n%52s %n%52s %n%46s%n",A[0],A[1],A[2],A[3],A[4],A[5]);
     
          if( PaymentTerm == CREDIT  )
         {
           writeFile.println(); // RECEIPT NO
           writeFile.printf("%43s %s %n%55s %n%41s %s %n%40s %s %n%37s %n%37s %s %n%55s %n"// Discount Displayed
                           ,A[6],ReceiptNo,A[10],A[7],CustomerName,A[8],PaymentTerm,A[15],A[9],ItemNo,A[10]);
                           x = Quantity * Price;
     
           writeFile.printf("%26s%.0f x %.2f %10s $%.2f %n%55s %n%38s "
                           ,A[11],Quantity,Price,A[11],x,A[10],A[13]);
                           x = x + (x * Tax);
           writeFile.printf("%n%51s $%.2f %n%n%s",A[12],x,A[14]);                  
           writeFile.println();
        }
           if ( PaymentTerm == CASH )
          { writeFile.println(); // RECEIPT NO
            writeFile.printf("%43s %s %n%55s %n%41s %s %n%40s %s %n%37s %s %n%55s %n"// Do not have discount displayed
                           ,A[6],ReceiptNo,A[10],A[7],CustomerName,A[8],PaymentTerm,A[9],ItemNo,A[10]);
                           x = Quantity * Price;
     
            writeFile.printf("%26s%.0f x %.2f %10s $%.2f %n%55s %n%38s "
                           ,A[11],Quantity,Price,A[11],x,A[10],A[13]);
                           x = x + (x * Tax);
            writeFile.printf("%n%51s $%.2f %n%n%s",A[12],x,A[14]);              
            writeFile.println();
        }
       }


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    Default Re: Var Might have been initialize

    Hello Evilreaper!

    Quote Originally Posted by Evilreaper View Post
    so I use IF Statement.. which is If ( PaymentTerm == CREDIT )
    but apparently the error said Variable Credit might not have been initialize
    What should I actually should put?
    The error message is pretty clear. You should initialize that variable. And another think I noticed:
    if( PaymentTerm == CREDIT  )
    You should use the String's equals method instead of the == operator when you want to compare the contents of Strings.

    Hope this helps.

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    Default Re: Var Might have been initialize

    Thanks it helped even though i wasn't taught on how to use it~ decided to lurk around on what u meant.

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