Thread: If Statement Help

Hi,

I currently have the following code written

/**
* Checks if ball is touching or beyound the left- or right-hand boundary of the shapes window
*/
public boolean isTouchingLeftOrRight()
{
if (getBallXPos() <= 0 || getBallXPos() + 20 <= bottomEdge) {
System.out.println ("true");
} else {
System.out.println ("false");
}
}

however I receive a missing return statement. Any ideas on how to resolve?

Missing return.jpg

Welcome! Please read this topic to learn how to post code in code or highlight tags and other useful info for newcomers.

If you want to return a boolean from the method as currently specified, then return a boolean instead of printing true or false, as in replacing the println statements with:

return true;

and

return false;

appropriately. If you don't want to return a boolean from the method, then change the method's return type from 'boolean' to 'void'.