Coding help...not wanting name input

Question

Hi, ive been working on this ongoing program, adding little here and there. And i finally got it to stop working when stop is entered into the name selection. But while im in the second loop of "does not equal stop" it dispays the print System.out.print("Please enter the employees name"); but does not wait for me to enter the name and jumps to the next step. I have tried to make the second while loop variable "name" different then the first loop but that didnt work. If you can please help me that would be greatly appreciated.
import java.util.Scanner;
public class WeeklyPay
public static void main(String[] args)
Scanner input= new Scanner (System.in);
double rate;
double hours;
double weekly;
String name;
String stop;
String name2;
System.out.println("Hello!"); //Welcome Text
System.out.println("This program computes an employees weekly pay"); //Explains what its for
System.out.print("Please enter the employees name:"); //Asks for employees name
name = input.nextLine(); //Saves next input as name
if( ! (name.equalsIgnoreCase("stop")) )
System.out.print("Please enter the hourly rate of the employeee:"); //Asks for hourly rate
hours = input.nextDouble(); //Saves next input as hours
System.out.print("Please enter the number of hours the employee works a week:"); //Asks for number of hours worked in a week
rate = input.nextDouble(); //Saves number of hours a week
weekly = rate*hours; //Computes weekly pay
System.out.printf("The employee:%s\n", name); //Displays Employees name
System.out.printf("Weekly pay : $%6.2f%n", weekly); //Displays weekly pay
while( ! (name.equalsIgnoreCase("stop")) )
System.out.println("Please enter the employees name:"); //Asks for employees name
name2 = input.nextLine(); //Saves next input as name
System.out.print("Please enter the hourly rate of the employeee:"); //Asks for hourly rate
hours = input.nextDouble(); //Saves next input as hours
System.out.print("Please enter the number of hours the employee works a week:"); //Asks for number of hours worked in a week
rate = input.nextDouble(); //Saves number of hours a week
weekly = rate*hours; //Computes weekly pay
System.out.printf("The employee:%s\n", name2); //Displays Employees name
System.out.printf("Weekly pay : $%6.2f%n", weekly); //Displays weekly pay
System.out.println("Program has been terminated"); //Program will terminate
}

Answer 1

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import java.util.Scanner;
public class WeeklyPay 
    public static void main(String[] args)
        Scanner input= new Scanner (System.in);
        double rate;
        double hours;
        double weekly;
        String name;
        String stop;
        String name2;
        System.out.println("Hello!"); //Welcome Text
        System.out.println("This program computes an employees weekly pay"); //Explains what its for   
        System.out.print("Please enter the employees name:"); //Asks for employees name
        name = input.nextLine(); //Saves next input as name
        if( ! (name.equalsIgnoreCase("stop")) )
        System.out.print("Please enter the hourly rate of the employeee:");  //Asks for hourly rate
        hours = input.nextDouble(); //Saves next input as hours
        System.out.print("Please enter the number of hours the employee works a week:"); //Asks for number of hours worked in a week
        rate = input.nextDouble();  //Saves number of hours a week
        weekly = rate*hours; //Computes weekly pay
        System.out.printf("The employee:%s\n", name); //Displays Employees name
        System.out.printf("Weekly pay : $%6.2f%n", weekly); //Displays weekly pay
        while( ! (name.equalsIgnoreCase("stop")) )
        System.out.println("Please enter the employees name:"); //Asks for employees name
        name2 = input.nextLine(); //Saves next input as name   
        System.out.print("Please enter the hourly rate of the employeee:");  //Asks for hourly rate
        hours = input.nextDouble(); //Saves next input as hours
        System.out.print("Please enter the number of hours the employee works a week:"); //Asks for number of hours worked in a week
        rate = input.nextDouble();  //Saves number of hours a week
        weekly = rate*hours; //Computes weekly pay
        System.out.printf("The employee:%s\n", name2); //Displays Employees name
        System.out.printf("Weekly pay : $%6.2f%n", weekly); //Displays weekly pay
        System.out.println("Program has been terminated"); //Program will terminate
}Edited by: Broodwich on Oct 10, 2008 8:00 AM