Question by xXBrudu BXx: Variable might not have been initialized in Java; Where did I mess up?
The code is as follows:

/**
* @(#)IRSTaxCalculator.java
*
* IRSTaxCalculator application
* This program will calculate taxable pay based on marital status and income.
* @author
* @version 1.00 2010/10/11
*/
import java.util.Scanner;
public class IRSTaxCalculator {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// These are the values that will be needed to be pre-defined

// The following takes the input for the value of marital status
System.out.println(“Please press 1 if you are Single, 2 if you are Married, or 0 if you would like to quit.”);
Scanner alpha = new Scanner(System.in);
int status = alpha.nextInt();

//The following is the escape sequence
if (status == 0)
System.out.println(“Thank you, and please use this program again.”);

// This calculates taxes for Single people
else if (status == 1)
{

double taxes;

System.out.println(“Please input your salary. No special characters, please.”);
Scanner beta = new Scanner(System.in);
double salary = beta.nextDouble();
if (salary >= 0 && salary <= 27050) taxes = salary * 0.15; if (salary > 27050 && salary <= 65500) taxes = (salary-27050) * 0.275 + 4057.50; if (salary > 65500 && salary <= 136750) taxes = (salary-65500) * 0.355 + 36361; if (salary > 136750)
taxes = (salary-136750) * 0.391 + 88306;
if (salary < 0) System.out.println("I think you put in a negative value. Either you are making a mistake, or you need to stop gambling."); //This is the output statement for these lines System.out.println("You filed your taxes as single"); System.out.println("Your taxable salary is " + salary); System.out.println("Your taxes are " + taxes); } //This calculates the taxes for married people else if (status == 2) { double taxes; System.out.println("Please input your salary. No special characters, please."); Scanner beta = new Scanner(System.in); double salary = beta.nextDouble(); if (salary >= 0 && salary <= 45200) taxes = (salary) * 0.15; if (salary > 45200 && salary <= 109250) taxes = (salary - 45200) * 0.275 + 6780; if (salary > 109250 && salary <= 166500) taxes = (salary - 109250) * 0.305; if (salary > 166500 && salary <= 297350) taxes = (salary - 166500) * 0.355 + 41855; if (salary > 297350)
taxes = (salary – 297350) * 0.391 + 88306;
if (salary < 0); System.out.println("I think you put in a negative value. EIther you are making a mistake, or you need to see what your spouse is doing with your money."); System.out.println("You filed your taxes as married"); System.out.println("Your taxable salary is " + salary); System.out.println("Your taxes are " + taxes); } } } I can't for the life of me figure out what I did wrong. I'm relatively new at this, so I am sure it is some stupid little mistake. The program takes marital status, applies it to a tax group, takes the salary, plugs it in given the marital status, and decides how much your taxes for the year are. I can't get the double taxes to work. Any ideas? I tried the first comments idea, but to no avail. Best answer:

Answer by Darnental
You declared “double taxes” inside the if statements. They cease to exist as soon as the if statements close. Try putting it before the first System.out.println.

Answer by mark r
without compiling it I would guess that the problem is that you haven’t set a value to the taxes variable.

when you define taxes (or shortly afterwards) set it to a value e.g. 0.
double taxes = 0;
As I say I haven’t got a compiler to hand to test it with but that is probably the problem.

Java/your editor is warning you that it is possible for the software to run and for the value to have no value.

Do you have any more information about where the error is e.g. a line number or line of code that is highlighted?

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