Help with a Pay Calculator

[clintc10]

i have two texts boxes where the user can enter pay per hour and expected raise % per year.

when the calculate button is clicked it calculates yearly base on a 40 hour and 52 week base. the raise increases each amount after the first year and does it for the next ten years. yearly amount is displayed for the next ten years.

I need some help getting this going!! Thanks

[Jenner]

Post what you have so far. We can help you out when we see where specifically you're having problems.

[clintc10]

im not sure how to do the interest part for the next ten years. I have a textbox where they can enter interest.

Dim PerHour As Decimal

PerHour = Decimal.Parse(PerHrTextBox.Text)

If Decimal.Parse(PerHrTextBox.Text) > 0 Then 'Successful Conversion
PerYrTextBox.Text = (PerHour * 40) * 52
End If

[Jenner]

Ok, well, make three variable to hold our calculated total, raise percent and current per-hour wage:

Dim total As Decimal
Dim currentPerHour As Decimal
Dim raise As Decimal

Next, set the currentPerHour = your initial value. Decimal.Parse is a good way to do it, but Decimal.TryParse is even better, lets set both the currentPerHour and the raise amount:

If Decimal.TryParse(PerHrTextBox.Text, currentPerHour) AndAlso Decimal.TryParse(RaiseTextBox.Text, raise) Then

Now, add the first years wages to your total:

total += currentPerHour * 2080

Next, increase the currentPerHour by the % raise (we want to add 1 because our raise is a percent in addition to 100% of the pay) :

currentPerHour *= (1 + raise)

Now, we need to repeat these two commands, so enclose them both in a loop; for 10 years, I need to loop 10 times:

For i As Integer = 1 To 10
..
..
Next

Finally, display your result:

MessageBox.Show(String.Format("The result is: {0}", total))