A quick Java question

[WhiteRose]

I'm trying to complete this assignment:

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Assignment: FooCorporation
Method to print pay based on base pay andhours worked
Overtime: More than 40 hours, paid 1.5 times base pay
Minimum Wage: $8.00/hour
Maximum Work: 60 hours a week

Here's what I have written:

package printpay;

/**
 *
 * @author Ashley
 */
public class Main {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void calculatePay(int x){
        int baseWage = 8;
        double overtimePay;
        if (x>60){
            x=60;
        }
        if(x>40){
            int overtimeHours = x-40;
            overtimePay = overtimeHours*1.5*baseWage;
            x = 40;
        }
        double regularPay = x*8;
        double totalPay = regularPay+overtimePay;
        System.out.println(totalPay);
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int hoursWorked = 55;
        calculatePay(hoursWorked);
    }

}

However, in the line where I combine the overtime pay and the standard pay, I get an error that the overtime pay variable might not be initialized. I think this has something to do with scope of variables. Could someone please help me out?

[winkio]

you need to initialize overtime pay to 0, because you are using Java, and it's like that.  where you have

double overtimePay;

you need

double overtimePay = 0;

[Diokatsu]

you need to initialize overtime pay to 0, because you are using Java, and it's like that.

Oh god I lol'd

[winkio]

Java may just have the most unforgiving compiler of all time.

[WhiteRose]

Thanks winkio! I knew it was something simple like that.