Newbie-W-if else class

[SuperFlyJedi]

this is my second week dealing with java, i'm tryin to create a if else class thats calculats wages, displays hours worked and wage which are pre set but calculate the tax braket. here's what i came up with my self.

class PayTime
{

static int hWage = 10;
static int hWorked = 40;
static int tPaid = hWage*hWorked;
static int tTotal = 0;

static void incr(){

if (tPaid <= 300.00)
tTotal = tPaid - ((tPaid/100)*10);
System.out.println("Tax = ");
System.out.println((tPaid/100)*10);
System.out.println("Net Pay = ");
System.out.println(tTotal);
else if (tPaid >= 300.01)
System.out.println("Tax = ");
System.out.println((tPaid/100)*12);
tTotal = tPaid - ((tPaid/100)*12);
System.out.println("Net Pay = ");
System.out.println(tTotal);
else if (tPaid >= 400.01 & tPaid <= 500.00)
System.out.println("Tax = ");
System.out.println((tPaid/100)*15);
tTotal = tPaid - ((tPaid/100)*15);
System.out.println("Net Pay = ");
System.out.println(tTotal);
else
System.out.println("Tax = ");
System.out.println((tPaid/100)*20);
tTotal = tPaid - ((tPaid/100)*20);
System.out.println("Net Pay = ");
System.out.println(tTotal); }

public static void main(String[] args)
{

}
}


its a little messed so any help would be very much taken with eagerness.

[Dash Rendar]

Okay, for starters, if you plan to execute multiple statements following an if or else, you need to surround said statements in braces.

E.g.

if (someCondition) {
    doW();
    doX();
} else {
    doY();
    doZ();
}

Your version looks more like this:

if (someCondition)
    doW();
    doX();
else
    doY();
    doZ();

In this case, doX() will happen regardless of the condition. If braces are omitted, only the statement immediately following the condition is conditional. Wrapping statements in braces makes the whole block conditional.

In fact, this latter example would not compile at all, since the compiler would see that the "else" was detached from the "if" (separated by the non-conditional doX() method).