Output formatting

[Linda Selfridge]

Further to my previous post, I now need to format the output of the program to look like the following:

Worker's projected yearly gross salary : XXXXXX.XX

Superannuation contribution
Employer contribution : XXXXXX.XX
Employee contribution : XXXXX.XX

Worker's weekly assessable income : XXXXXX.XX
Weekly income tax : XXXXXX.XX
Medicare levy : XX.XX
Child Support contribution : XXX.XX
: ========
Take home pay : XXX.XX

Now the actual outputs are fine but I need to get the extra lines in place and the :======= as shown in the 2nd last line. I am not too sure how to go about this, can anyone point me in the right direction.

My output current appears like this:

Enter the number of hours worked:     55
Enter the number of dependents:     1
Worker's projected yearly gross salary          :45981.00
Superannuation Contribution
Employer contribution                                   :88.58
Employee contribution                                  :100.00
Worker's weekly assessable income               :884.25
Weekly income tax                                       :175.85
Medicare levy                                              :14.76
Child Support contribution                             :50.00
Take home pay                                            :693.63

Although in realty the figues are actually in line.

Thanks in advance!

[Ralph Cook]

And what are you using to output these lines?

[Linda Selfridge]

Hi, the following is the code...

    System.out.println("Worker's projected yearly gross salary          :"  +formatter.format(projectedAnnual));     
    System.out.println("Superannuation Contribution");   
    System.out.println("Employer contribution                           :"  +formatter.format(employSuper));   
    System.out.println("Employee contribution                           :"  +formatter.format(employeeSuper));   
    System.out.println("Worker's weekly assessable income               :"  +formatter.format(weekAssess));   
    System.out.println("Weekly income tax                               :"  +formatter.format(weekTax));   
    System.out.println("Medicare levy                                   :"  +formatter.format(mediLevy));   
    System.out.println("Child Support contribution                      :"  +formatter.format(childSupport));   
    System.out.println("Take home pay                                   :"  +formatter.format(weekTHome));   

Thanks

[Ralph Cook]

Well, it appears that you're asking to output a blank line and a line with dashes or equals signs in it. I don't know why you can't just use System.out.println("") and System.out.println("=============>") or whatever.

rc

[Linda Selfridge]

Thanks Ralph, I had though about doing that but wasn't too sure if there was a particular way of doing these types of things. (I am only in my 3rd week of doing these types of programs).

I will give it a go.

Thank you for your help