HELP, just started programming

[TankMurdoch]

Hi folks, hope someone can help? I have just started learning Java and I have been asked to create a simple program to calculate wages after the hourly rate is entered in a command line argument. Here is the code:

public class MathDemo
{
public static void main(String[] args[])
{
int rate = 0;

rate = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);

double pay;
pay = rate * 40; //40 hours in a week
System.out.println("The weekly pay is $" + pay);

int bonus;
bonus = 100; //monthly bonus

double annualPay;
annualPay = (pay * 52) + (bonus * 12);
System.out.println("Annual Salary is $" + annualPay);
}

}

Every time I try to compile I get the error:

MathDemo.java:5: cannot resolve symbol
symbol:method parseInt (java.lang.String[])
location:class java.lang.Integer
int rate = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);

There is a little arrow underneath the dot on the bottom line. I cannot for the life of me figure it out, PLEASE HELP, IT IS DOING MY HEAD IN!!!

[gedelakranthi]

you just need to change String args[] instead of String[] args[].

[Rooneyz]

actually, the right way to do this is:

Code:

public static void main(String[] args)
{
      //rest of method-body 
}

[TankMurdoch]

Thanks folks, worked a treat!! I knew it would be something simple!!