If-else Statements

[lmwamh]

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[4Gb4jE8b]

you'd probably want to use switch statements here

if (purchaseCost > 1000.00 && purchaseCost < 5000.01){
shippingCharge = 15.00;
}

else {
if (purchaseCost < 5000.00){
shippingCharge = 20.00;
}
see the error?

[lmwamh]

I thought about trying switch statements, but I thought you couldn't use them for doubles. Thanks for pointing out the wrong symbol used though!

Also, that didn't fix it. Is there a way to get my format working with if-else statements? That's currently what I'm reading about and I'm just trying to build one of the larger systems so I can understand it. (I'm FAR better at reading code than writing it!)

[4Gb4jE8b]

I'm working directly with your code. as soon as i figure out exactly what's up i'll post

[lmwamh]

Okay, I will keep looking too!

I think I also tried putting an *if statement* before the assignment of 0 to shippingCharge, but it changed nothing.

So the problem definitely isn't the 0.00. I removed it and it still came out as 0.00, so it seems that it's just not registering the numbers that are input.

[Albatross]

I'd suggest that maybe you change the style of your if/elses, but that's not the problem. Look carefully at line 41... do you have the wrong equals?

-Albatross

[lmwamh]

I assume you're talking about line 42? I thought that if you were checking if a value were equal to another you had to use double =, whereas = assigns a value to a data type?

[4Gb4jE8b]

ooooooooooh i figured it out. I hate it when that happens,
if (shippingCharge = 0.00) assigns equal
if (shippingCharge == 0.00) checks if it's equal

[Albatross]

I mean line 41. Look carefully. You have a single =, which as you correctly stated, is the assignment operator. :)

-Albatross

[lmwamh]

You sir/madame, are a genious. Sorry, Albatross, I have commentary I didn't post in the forum message. Mostly to remind myself of what the project was for in VS2010. My bad for looking at the wrong line 41. :) Thank you both!

[4Gb4jE8b]

oh, albatross beat me to it :P