mmm... help please

[Matthew]

I need to apply a tax band on a piece of data in my prog.
If a person gets paid the following, i have subtract the tax amount which
applies:

tax on first £4335 - £0
tax on next £1500 - £150
tax on next £26,500 - £6095

How can I program to make a certain amount fit into a band,
but if I had £30,000 I would have to subtract £6095 and £150 from it.

I'm just started programming and not sure how to go about this.
Please help me with some pointers or an example code.
thanks...
matthew

[jonnin]

A simple approach is a switch/case:

switch(salary):
{
case ((salary > 1234)&&(salary < 5678)) //if like conditions are fine
{ do something;

}
break;

case: ....


default:
}

etc.

"Matthew " <_@_._> wrote:
>
>I need to apply a tax band on a piece of data in my prog.
>If a person gets paid the following, i have subtract the tax amount which
>applies:
>
>tax on first £4335 - £0
>tax on next £1500 - £150
>tax on next £26,500 - £6095
>
>How can I program to make a certain amount fit into a band,
>but if I had £30,000 I would have to subtract £6095 and £150 from it.
>
>I'm just started programming and not sure how to go about this.
>Please help me with some pointers or an example code.
>thanks...
>matthew