Extreme nooby having hard time with this app

[asterix350z]

Hello,

I have been reading this forums for a while trying to figure out a problem I am having with loops. I had to write this program for a java course I am taking, and I cant figure out how to make the program loop until "stop" is entered for the dname variable. I know this code is clunky, and there is a lot commented out from failed attemps at making it work, but I was wondering if someone could help me out a little here because I am at a complete loss (hence the late posting time lol). Thanks in advance!

-----Program pasted bellow this line -----

//
//
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.*;

public class Payroll
{
public static void main( String args[] )
{
Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
int hrate; //hourly rate
int hpw; // hours worked per week
int weekp; // Total weekly pay
// Name Variable delcared in-statement bellow (dname)

do
{





System.out.println("WELCOME TO THE PAY ROLL CALCULATOR");
System.out.print( "What is the Employees name?: " );
String dname = input.nextLine();

System.out.print( "What is the hourly rate?: " );
hrate = input.nextInt();
//if (hrate < 0) System.out.println("Wrong , postives only");
// hrate = input.nextInt();
// MUST ENTER A POSITIVE NUMBER FOR THIS VARIABLE, OR LOOP BACK AND PROMPT AGAIN

System.out.print( "How many hours worked in a week?: " );
hpw = input.nextInt();

weekp = hrate * hpw; // perform math operations

System.out.printf( dname ); //Name
System.out.printf( "'s Weekly Pay is $%d\n", weekp );

}

while( dname = stop );

// do {
// BufferedReader keybd =
// new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));


// } while (!dname.equals("stop"));




} // end method main
} // end class Payroll

[vortex]

Hi...the way i would do it is by doing the following:

Scanner in = ...
String dname = "";

dname = in.nextLine();

while(dname != "stop")
{
//do process here
//at the end u have to ask for another input
dname = in.nextLine();
}

//some other processes here...

[hardwired]

Test Strings for equality with the equals method
instead of the == operator.

String s = "stop";
// Does s == "stop"?
System.out.println("s == \"stop\"      = " + (s == "stop"));
// Does s equal "stop"?
System.out.println("s.equals(\"stop\") = " + s.equals("stop"));