Unreachable statement error

Question

Could you please help me figure out what the problem with my code is? I get: C:\Documents and Settings\Sandy\My Documents\Payroll2.java:31: unreachable statement
System.out.println( "Enter Hourly Rate: "); // prompt
^
1 error
when I compile this:
// Payroll2.java
// A Payroll program with a while loop
// that continues until "stop" is used as the name
import java.util.Scanner; // program uses class Scanner
public class Payroll2
// main method begins execution of java application
public static void main(String args[])
// create a scanner to obtain input in command window
Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
String employeeName; // Name of employee
double hourlyRate; // Amount made in one hour
double hoursWorked; // Number of hours worked in one week
double weeklyPay; // The multiple of hourly rate and hours worked in one week
// while method employed to enter emplyee's name
while ( "employeeName" != "stop")
System.out.println("Enter an employee name(Input 'stop' when finished)\n\n"); //prompt
employeeName = input.nextLine(); // read employee name or stop
} // end while
// if...else method used to input hourly rate as a positive double
System.out.println( "Enter Hourly Rate: "); // prompt
hourlyRate = input.nextDouble(); // read hourly rate
if ( hourlyRate <= 0)
System.out.println( "Hourly Rate incorrect, please try again\n"); // error message
}// end if
else
System.out.println( "Correct Hourly Rate input, thank you\n\n"); // confirmation message
} // end else
// if...else method used to input hours worked
System.out.print( "Enter Hours Worked: "); // prompt
hoursWorked = input.nextDouble(); // read hours worked
if ( hoursWorked <= 0)
System.out.println( "Weekly hours worked is incorrect, please try again\n"); // error message
}// end if
else
System.out.println( "Correct weekly hours input, thank you\n\n"); // confirmation message
} // end else
// calculate weekly pay
weeklyPay = hourlyRate * hoursWorked; // multiply numbers
// display employee name and weekly pay
System.out.printf( "Weekly Pay for %s,is $%.2f\n", employeeName, weeklyPay);
System.out.println( "Thank you for using Payroll2\n"); // good bye message
} // end method main
} // end class Payroll2

Answer 1

Tip: You will find the appropriate method in the Java API. (If you are not familiar whit that try http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/)
If you do not find the answer just ask again... Everybody loves to help here it seems. But you should know that the sooner you learn how to find the (simple or not simple) answers in the API the sooner you will be a real good java programmer. good luck!