title: Error: cannot find symbol symbol: variable A
body: <p>I am trying to create a sort of pay slip to print in the console but I receive the following errors from my code. Its really just one error many times, but I don't think I have enough knowledge of java to fix it on my own.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.io.*;
  import java.text.*;
  import java.util.Scanner;
  
  class Assign2num2 
  {
    public static void main (String [] args)
    {
     String famname, firstname;
     double gross, deduct, tax, pay, hrs, ovtm;
     char letter, yn;
     Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
     System.out.println("Please enter your family name and first name.");
     famname = in.nextLine();
     firstname = in.nextLine();
  System.out.println("Please enter how much you are paid per hour and the amount of hours you worked this week. Enter overtime hours seperately please.");
  pay = in.nextInt();
   if (pay&lt;0) {
    System.out.println("You must enter a positive number or zero for your hourly pay.");
      pay = in.nextInt();
   }
    else {
      pay = pay;
    }
  hrs = in.nextInt();
   if (hrs&lt;0||hrs&gt;40) {
    System.out.println("You must enter a positive number less than or equal to 40, or zero for the amount of hours worked this week.");
      hrs = in.nextInt();
   }
    else {
      hrs = hrs;
    }
  ovtm = in.nextInt();
   if (ovtm&lt;0) {
    System.out.println("You must enter a positive number or zero for your overtime hours worked.");
      ovtm = in.nextInt();
   }
    else {
      ovtm = ovtm;
    }
     gross = (pay*hrs) + ((pay*2)*ovtm);
  System.out.println("Please enter a letter indicating your tax category: A is no tax deduction, B is 10% of gross pay, \nC is 20% of gross pay, D is 29% of gross pay, E is 35% of gross pay");
  letter = in.next().charAt(0);
   if (letter==A||letter==a){
    letter = letter;
    gross = gross;
   }
    else if (letter==B||letter==b){
    letter = letter;
    deduct = (gross*0.1);
    tax = gross - deduct;  
   }
    else if (letter==C||letter==c){
    letter = letter;
    deduct = (gross*0.2);
    tax = gross - deduct;
   }
    else if (letter==D||letter==d){
    letter = letter;
    deduct = (gross*0.29);
    tax = gross - deduct;
   }
    else if (letter==E||letter==e){
    letter = letter;
    deduct = (gross*0.35);
    tax = gross - deduct;
   }
    else {
      System.out.println("You must enter a letter between A and E.");
       letter = in.next().charAt(0);
   }
  
  System.out.println("If you want $20.00 deducted from your weekly pay as a contribution to the \nUnited Way Charity, enter Y for yes. If not, enter N for no.");
  yn = in.next().charAt(0);
  if (letter==Y||letter==y||letter==N||letter==n){
    yn = yn;
   }
    else {
      System.out.println("You must enter either Y or N.");
      yn = in.next().charAt(0);
   }
    if (yn==Y||yn==y) {
      deduct = deduct + 20;
      tax = tax - 20;
    }
     else {
      deduct = deduct;
      tax = tax;
    System.out.println("PAY SLIP");
    System.out.println("---------");
    System.out.println(famname + ", " + firstname);
    System.out.println("---------");
    System.out.println("Gross Pay: " + gross);
    System.out.println("---------");
    System.out.println("Deductions: " + deduct);
    System.out.println("---------");
    System.out.println("Net Pay: " + tax);
    }
   }
  }
  
  16 errors found:
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 44]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable A
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 44]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable a
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 48]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable B
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 48]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable b
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 53]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable C
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 53]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable c
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 58]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable D
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 58]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable d
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 63]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable E
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 63]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable e
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 75]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable Y
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 75]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable y
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 75]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable N
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 75] 
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable n
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 82]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable Y
  location: class Assign2num2
  File: G:\Computer Science\Dr Java Exercises\Java Files\Assign2num2.java  [line: 82]
  Error: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable y
  location: class Assign2num2
  </code></pre>