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    copied!<p>The piece of code I am supposed to write is a Payroll program that gathers users inputs and then will output payroll information. I have wrote the program, but I cannot seem to figure out why I am getting the error "the local variables may not have been initialized. </p> <pre><code>import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class Payroll { public static void main(String []args) { String name, rateStr, hoursStr, maritalStatus, deductionStr, numEmpStr; double numEmp, rateOfPay, hoursWorked, regularPay, overtimeHours, overtimePay, insuranceRate, taxRate, grossPay, taxes, deduction, netPay; final double taxRate1 = .0857; final double taxRate2 = .0756; final double taxRate3 = .0579; numEmpStr = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("How many employees do you have? "); numEmp = Double.parseDouble(numEmpStr); while(numEmp &gt;0 ) { //Input All User Info! name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Employee Name: "); rateStr = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Rate of Pay: "); rateOfPay = Double.parseDouble(rateStr); hoursStr = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Hours Worked: "); hoursWorked = Double.parseDouble(hoursStr); deductionStr = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Number of Deductions (Enter 1 or 2): "); deduction = Double.parseDouble(deductionStr); maritalStatus = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Marital Status (M - Married, S - Single): "); //if statement (if hoursWorked &gt;40 if(hoursWorked&gt; 40) { overtimeHours = (hoursWorked - 40); overtimePay = (rateOfPay*1.5*overtimeHours); regularPay = (40*rateOfPay); grossPay = (regularPay + overtimePay); } else { grossPay = (rateOfPay*hoursWorked); } if(maritalStatus == "M" ) { insuranceRate = 50; } else { insuranceRate = 75; } if(deduction&gt;2) { taxRate = .0579; } else if(deduction==2) { taxRate = .0759; } else if(deduction==1) { taxRate = .0857; } else { } taxes = (grossPay*taxRate); netPay = (grossPay - (taxes + insuranceRate)); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Name: " + name + "\nRate of Pay: " + rateOfPay + "\nHours Worked: " + hoursWorked + "\nRegular Pay: " + regularPay + "\nOvertime Pay: " + overtimePay + "\nGross Pay: " + grossPay + "\nTax Rate: " + taxRate + "\nTaxes: " + taxes + "\nInsurance Status: " + maritalStatus + "\nDeductions: " + insuranceRate + "\nNet Pay: " + netPay); --numEmp; } JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your are finished with payroll for this period."); } } </code></pre>
 

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