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| From | Scott Dunning <scottwd01@gmail.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Help understanding methods |
| Date | Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:19:53 -0700 |
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> The return statement ends the code path so the System.out line can never > be reached. > > The second error is because there is not a return statement as the last > thing in the method. > > To fix it: move the print statement to the main method > > That should do it. > Awesome, thanks Knute! I have a couple other questions about this if you guys don't mind. What I'm a little unclear about is when calling the function why I need maxValue? I kinda just added that because of other methods I've seen. Why isn't (like python) I'm just calling the method like this... max3(a, b, c);? Why do I need a new (..variable I guess)?
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Help understanding methods Scott Dunning <scottwd01@gmail.com> - 2014-07-27 17:46 -0700
Re: Help understanding methods Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-07-27 18:13 -0700
Re: Help understanding methods Scott Dunning <scottwd01@gmail.com> - 2014-07-27 18:19 -0700
Re: Help understanding methods Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-07-27 18:49 -0700
Re: Help understanding methods Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-07-27 21:36 -0700
Re: Help understanding methods Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-07-28 01:18 +0000
Re: Help understanding methods Scott Dunning <scottwd01@gmail.com> - 2014-07-27 18:56 -0700
Re: Help understanding methods "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-07-28 12:07 +0100
Re: Help understanding methods "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-07-28 12:44 +0100
Re: Help understanding methods Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-28 07:20 -0700
Re: Help understanding methods Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org> - 2014-07-28 21:29 +0200
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