The difference from one equation is being added to the total of another

[sithclone3]

I am writing a program for finding the profit made after paying the broker. here is my code, I am wondering why

paidBroker = commission + commissionAfterSale;

is being added to

noProfit = profit - paidBroker;

.

Here is my full program, you can find these lines of code on lines 64 and 70.

import java.util.Scanner;
public class StockTransaction {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
		//Variable Declaration Section
		double amceStockPurchasePrice;    //Price per Acme Stock
		int acmeStockPurchased;           //Number of Acme Stock purchased
		double commissionRate;            //Commission of total price paid to broker
		double acmeStockSoldPrice;        //Price per Acme Stock sold
		double grossTotalPaid;            //Gross Total paid for Acme Stock
		double grossTotalReceived;        //Gross Total Received after selling Acme Stock
		double commission;                //Price paid to broker
		double profit;                    //Profit made from selling stock
		double commissionAfterSale;       //Price paid to broker after the Joe sold his Acme Stock
	    double paidBroker;                //Amount Joe paid his broker in total
	    double noProfit;                  //Total Amount of money Joe has after he paid his broker
	    
		//Variable Initialization Section
		
		//Keyboard
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
		
		//Code Section + Output Section
		System.out.print("How much was each Acme Share? $");
		amceStockPurchasePrice = keyboard.nextDouble();
		
		System.out.print("How many shares did Joe purchase? ");
		acmeStockPurchased = keyboard.nextInt();
		
		//Calculate Gross Total Paid
		grossTotalPaid = acmeStockPurchased * amceStockPurchasePrice;
				
		System.out.print("Joe paid $" + grossTotalPaid + " for " + acmeStockPurchased + " shares. ");
		
		System.out.print("\nWhat percentage was Joe's brokers commission? ");
		commissionRate = keyboard.nextDouble();
		
		//Calculate Commission after Joe bought the stock
		commission = grossTotalPaid * commissionRate;
		
		System.out.print("Joe's broker was paid $" + commission);
		
		System.out.print("\nJoe decided to sell his stock, how much did he sell each share for? $");
		acmeStockSoldPrice = keyboard.nextDouble();
		
		System.out.print("How many shares did Joe sell? ");
		acmeStockPurchased = keyboard.nextInt();
		
		//Calculate Gross Total Received after sales
		grossTotalReceived = acmeStockSoldPrice * acmeStockPurchased;
		
		System.out.print("Joe recieved $" + grossTotalReceived + " for selling all " + acmeStockPurchased + " shares.");
		
		//Calculate Commission after Joe sold the stock
		commissionAfterSale = grossTotalReceived * commissionRate;
		
		System.out.println("\nJoes broker was paid $" + commissionAfterSale + " after the sale.");
		
		//Calculate Profit Joe made from selling his stock
		profit = grossTotalReceived - grossTotalPaid - commission - commissionAfterSale;
		
		//Calculate Amount Spent by Joe from paying his broker
		paidBroker = commission + commissionAfterSale;
		
		System.out.print("Joe's broker was in total paid " + paidBroker);
		
		//Calculate total after Joe paid his broker
		noProfit = profit - paidBroker;
		
		if(profit > paidBroker)
			System.out.print("\nJoe recieved $" + profit + " in profit.");
		else if(profit == paidBroker)
			System.out.print("\nJoe made no profit.");		
		else
			System.out.println("\nJoe lost $" + noProfit);

	}

}

[jim829]

Look at lines 62, 65, and 70.

Regards,
Jim

[sithclone3]

Look at lines 62, 65, and 70.

Regards,
Jim

I do not see how this adds noProfit to paidBroker though. Can you explain this to me, please.

Regards,
Sithclone3

[jim829]

I thought you said that paidBroker is added to noProfit (first post). In any event, please provide the input values and the output values and point out what the output should actually be.

Thanks,
Jim

[sithclone3]

This is my output:

How much was each Acme Share? $32.87

How many shares did Joe purchase? 1000

Joe paid $32870.0 for 1000 shares.

What percentage was Joe's brokers commission? .02

Joe's broker was paid $657.4

Joe decided to sell his stock, how much did he sell each share for? $33.92

How many shares did Joe sell? 1000

Joe recieved $33920.0 for selling all 1000 shares.

Joes broker was paid $678.4 after the sale.

Joe's broker was in total paid 1335.8

Joe lost $-1621.6

Joe's profit is $1050, he paid his broker $1335.8, this means he lost $285.8. Instead its added the 285.5 to the 1335.8 which gives me 1621.6.

[jim829]

In line 62 you subtract the broker's fees to get the net profit. But in line 70 you subtract them out yet again. I haven't tested this, but that looks like a problem.

Regards,
Jim

[sithclone3]

In line 62 you subtract the broker's fees to get the net profit. But in line 70 you subtract them out yet again. I haven't tested this, but that looks like a problem.

Regards,
Jim

I fixed it. I got rid of noProfit, that seemed to the issue.

[SurfMan]

I fixed it. I got rid of noProfit, that seemed to the issue.

No profit sucks anyway :)

[gimbal2]

I fixed it. I got rid of noProfit, that seemed to the issue.

Read that quote in SurfMan's signature.