Java Code running problem

[socboy6579]

This is the code

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Taxes 
	{
		static double taxes;
		public static void main(String[] args) 
		{
		// Prompting 
		System.out.println("Enter maritial status (1=single, 2=married)");
		Scanner scanner= new Scanner(System.in);
		int marital=scanner.nextInt();
		System.out.println("Enter taxable income: ");
		Scanner scanner1 = new Scanner(System.in);
		double income=scanner.nextDouble();
		if(marital ==1);
		if(marital ==2);
		System.out.println("Your Federal Tax = $" + single(income));
		}		
		
		
		public static double single(double s)
		{
			//finding out tax for single
			
			if (s > 0 && s<=27050)
			taxes= .15*(s-0);
			
			if (s > 27050 && s<=65550)
			taxes= 4057.50 + 0.275*(s-27050);
			
			if (s > 65550 && s<=136750)
			taxes= 14645.00 + 0.305*(s-65550);
			
			if (s > 136750 && s<=297350)
			taxes= 36361.00 + .355*(s-136750);
			
			if (s > 297350)
			taxes= 93374.00 + .391*(s-297350);
			return taxes;
		}
		
		public static double married(double m)
		{
			
		//finding out tax for double
		if (m > 0 && m <= 45200)
		taxes= .15*(m-0);
		
		if (m > 45200 && m <= 109250)
		taxes= 6780.00 + .275*(m-45200);
		
		if (m > 109250 && m <= 166500)
		taxes= 24393.75 + .305*(m-109250);
		
		if (m > 166500 && m <= 297350)
		taxes= 41855.00 + .355*(m-166500);
		
		if (m> 297350)
		taxes= 88306.00 + .391*(m-297350);
		return taxes;
		
		}
		

	}

when i run this code, i need to run it as for single and married when it is prompted. even though i have the married if statements, when input for married it still refers to the top formulas. when i refer to 1 for single the formulas work fine and output is correct, the output for both the single and the married are the same even though the married is supposed to refer to the below portion of if statements and not the top. how can i change this i am stuck here and my code will run perfectly.

thank you

[StormyWaters]

Take a look at your if statements inside your main method. Since there is a ";" after each one, they are effectively doing the following:

if (marital == 1) {
     ;
}
if (marital == 2) {
     :
}
System.out.println("Your Federal Tax = $" + single(income));

I recommend always using brackets to prevent this type of confusion as I've come across it quite a bit, even in production code, which leads to all sorts of issues.

[socboy6579]

what im saying is that... im trying to get when i input 2 for the scanner it will do the tasks for the married if statements.. when i do either one its the same thing as the formulas are clearly diffrent with differnt numbers which will give me diff rent number if ran correctly. but when i run the same salary for each married and single its the same, even though married is diffrent from single. im trying to figure out why it wont run correctly if i input 2 meaning married. if i fix this issue my code will work perfectly

[joshdgreen]

Your if statements are not doing anything the way they are now. There is no code inside of them. And then after these statements you are calling only the single() method every time.

if(marital ==1);
if(marital ==2);
System.out.println("Your Federal Tax = $" + single(income));

[socboy6579]

i have the if statements for both married and single correct.. could you tell me how i would use them properly the if statements would i put the if statements for the single under the marital==1?

[joshdgreen]

Yes, exactly. Except don't use a semi-colon ";" after the if statement. You will use brackets and then put your code in between those brackets underneath. Example:

if(marital == 1)
{
     // Your single code here
}

[socboy6579]

would i include the

public static double single(double s)

inside the if statement? or put it above..

[joshdgreen]

All you have to do is call the method from inside the if statement. Not put the entire method inside of the if statement. Call the single() method just like you did in your output statement, but inside the if statement.

[socboy6579]

so i wouldnt use that public double inside the if statement?

[socboy6579]

could you give me a hint on how i would pass the method im stuck on this last part and everytihng will run complete

[socboy6579]

ive completed the error this is what i came up with and it works perfectly

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Taxes 
	{
		private static final double income = 0;
		static double taxes;
		public static void main(String[] args) 
		{
		// Prompting 
		System.out.println("Enter maritial status (1=single, 2=married)");
		Scanner scanner= new Scanner(System.in);
		int marital=scanner.nextInt();
		System.out.println("Enter taxable income: ");
		Scanner scanner1 = new Scanner(System.in);
		double income=scanner.nextDouble();
		if(marital ==1){
			System.out.println("Your Federal Tax = $" + single(income));
		}
		if (marital==2){
			System.out.println("Your Federal Tax = $" + married(income));
		}
		}
		
			public static double single(double s)
			{
				//finding out tax for single
				
				if (s > 0 && s<=27050)
				taxes= .15*(s-0);
				
				if (s > 27050 && s<=65550)
				taxes= 4057.50 + 0.275*(s-27050);
				
				if (s > 65550 && s<=136750)
				taxes= 14645.00 + 0.305*(s-65550);
				
				if (s > 136750 && s<=297350)
				taxes= 36361.00 + .355*(s-136750);
				
				if (s > 297350)
				taxes= 93374.00 + .391*(s-297350);
				return taxes;
		}
			
	public static double married(double m)
		{
			
		//finding out tax for double
		if (m > 0 && m <= 45200)
		taxes= .15*(m-0);
		
		if (m > 45200 && m <= 109250)
		taxes= 6780.00 + .275*(m-45200);
		
		if (m > 109250 && m <= 166500)
		taxes= 24393.75 + .305*(m-109250);
		
		if (m > 166500 && m <= 297350)
		taxes= 41855.00 + .355*(m-166500);
		
		if (m> 297350)
		taxes= 88306.00 + .391*(m-297350);
		return taxes;
		
		}
		

	}

thank you for all your help!

[joshdgreen]

You're welcome! That's exactly how I wanted you to do it too, nice job, and congrats.