Thread: Missing return statement

Hello everyone

I'm going out of my mind as to why this doesn't work, any help on the matter would be very helpful. I'll try and lay this out so its easy to read.

It keeps saying missing return statement!


thanks

 
public boolean search(String searchString) {  
    int index = 0;
    boolean found = false;
           while(index < notes.size() && !found) {  
                 String note = notes.get(index);    
                 if(note.contains(searchString)) { 
           found = true;   
     }     
   else {     
       index++;    
    } 
   }  
  if(found) {  
      System.out.println("Found search term in note: " + notes.get(index));
 
    } else {        System.out.println("Search term not found.");    }}

The method declares that it must return a boolean,

public boolean search(String searchString)

so you will receive a compile time error if the content of the function does not return a boolean value. To fix this, either change the return value to void,

public void search(String searchString)

or return a boolean value at the end of the method, something like this

public boolean search(String searchString){
    boolean found = false;
.....
    return found;
}

Wow return found; worked like a charm, i've actually got tears in my eyes i'm so happy!

Thanks for your help.