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| From | Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Help understanding methods |
| Date | 2014-07-27 18:49 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lr4a83$lo9$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <lr46d1$ub3$1@dont-email.me> <lr483r$bpk$1@dont-email.me> <lr48at$c53$1@dont-email.me> |
On 7/27/2014 18:19, Scott Dunning wrote: > >> 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)? You don't. System.out.println(max3(1,2,3)); -- Knute Johnson
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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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