Im so close I can feel it. help

[subiedude101]

I have an assignment that I've been working on for a while that want me to create a debit method that withdraws cash from an account. I also have to make sure that the debit amount does not exceed the accounts balance. If it does, it needs to display a message. So far when I put in the debit amount it automatically takes the account balance to zero. I've been making subtle changes here and there, but i'm still having no luck. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks

 public class Account
{   
   private double balance; // instance variable that stores the balance
   private double newBalance;
   // constructor  
   public Account( double initialBalance )
   {
      // validate that initialBalance is greater than 0.0; 
      // if it is not, balance is initialized to the default value 0.0
      if ( initialBalance > 0.0 ) 
         balance = initialBalance; 
   } // end Account constructor

   // credit (add) an amount to the account
   public void credit( double amount )
   {      
      balance = balance + amount; // add amount to balance 
   } // end method credit

   // return the account balance
   public double getBalance()
   {
      return balance; // gives the value of balance to the calling method
   } // end method getBalance
 // end class Account

public void debit( double amount)
{
	balance = balance - amount;
	
	if (newBalance < 0.0 )
	 System.out.println( "Debit amount exceeded account balance" );
	}
public double getNewBalance()
{
	return newBalance;
}
}

import java.util.Scanner;

public class AccountTest
{
   // main method begins execution of Java application
   public static void main( String[] args ) 
   {
      Account account1 = new Account( 50.00 ); // create Account object
      Account account2 = new Account( -7.53 ); // create Account object

      // display initial balance of each object
      System.out.printf( "account1 balance: $%.2f\n", 
         account1.getBalance() );
      System.out.printf( "account2 balance: $%.2f\n\n", 
         account2.getBalance() );
      
      // create Scanner to obtain input from command window
      Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
      double depositAmount; // deposit amount read from user
double debitAmount;

      System.out.println( "Enter deposit amount for account1: " ); // prompt
      depositAmount = input.nextDouble(); // obtain user input
      System.out.printf( "\nadding %.2f to account1 balance\n\n", 
         depositAmount );
      account1.credit( depositAmount ); // add to account1 balance

      // display balances
      System.out.printf( "account1 balance: $%.2f\n", 
         account1.getBalance() );
      System.out.printf( "account2 balance: $%.2f\n\n", 
         account2.getBalance() );
      
      System.out.print( "Enter deposit amount for account2: " ); // prompt
      depositAmount = input.nextDouble(); // obtain user input
      System.out.printf( "\nadding %.2f to account2 balance\n\n", 
         depositAmount );
      account2.credit( depositAmount ); // add to account2 balance

      // display balances
      System.out.printf( "account1 balance: $%.2f\n", 
         account1.getBalance() );
      System.out.printf( "account2 balance: $%.2f\n", 
         account2.getBalance() );

//display balances
	    System.out.println( "Enter withdraw amount for account1: " );
	  debitAmount = input.nextDouble();
	  System.out.printf( "\ndeducting %.2f to account1 balance\n\n", 
         debitAmount );
      account1.debit( debitAmount );

	  
	   System.out.printf( "account1 balance: $%.2f\n",
		  account1.getNewBalance() );
	   
  System.out.println( "Enter the withdraw ammount for account2:" );
      debitAmount = input.nextDouble();
	   System.out.printf( "\ndeducting %.2f to account2 balance\n\n",
		  debitAmount );
	  account2.debit( debitAmount );

	   System.out.printf( "account2 balance: $%.2f\n\n",
		  account2.getNewBalance() );

	 
   } // end main
} // end class AccountTest

[Iron Lion]

public void debit( double amount)
{
	balance = balance - amount;
	
	if (newBalance < 0.0 )
	 System.out.println( "Debit amount exceeded account balance" );
}

I don't think this does what you intend it to do. Shouldn't it test to see if the debit amount exceeds the balance before it tries to deduct the amount? Also, it might be worth making the method a boolean, so it can return true if the debit is completed successfully or false if no change is made to the balance.

[subiedude101]

Awesome, I finally got it... It took me a while, but I did it ,lol.

Thank you