no idea how to start my assignment

[sysadmin]

Hi everyone,

this is the assignment I have:

Write a program that takes the price of an article including VAT and prints the
price of the article without VAT. The VAT is currently 19.00%.

Example: Using an input of 119 the output will be:
' Enter the price of an article including VAT: 119
This article will cost 100.00 euro without 19.00% VAT.'

But I have no idea how to start, as I hardly learned any java. I have a couple of assignments similar to this one, so I think that if I have this assignment as a working example, I can also make the other ones.

Thank a lot!!

[DarrylBurke]

I have no idea how to start

Trail: Getting Started (The Java™ Tutorials)

db

[tnrh1]

Follow the link the db posted and focus on input & output which is the most basic things.

[Tolls]

What on earth does that link have to do with the OPs problem?

[sysadmin]

OK, my statement that 'I have no idea how to start' was a bit exaggerated. Actually, this is what I have so far:

import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class VAT {
static final double Vat = 0.19;
PrintStream out;
Vat() {
out = new PrintStream(System.out);
}
void start() {
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
out.printf("Enter the price of an article including VAT: ");
out.printf("",

}
How do I link the input from entering the price to the output of the price without vat?

[Tolls]

You need to read in what the user has enetered.
You already have the Scanner, and here's the API.
Find the method that does what you need.

[tnrh1]

What on earth does that link have to do with the OPs problem?

lol I confused between this thread to the "a newbie java question" thread.

[Tolls]

Oh right.
I thought you'd gone mad!