I would have to see the code to know what is going wrong. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:43 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: method saying "no return statement" when there IS one I just tried changing the method so I put an int into a variable I called "ok", then return ok. It now says that variable ok might not have been initialized. It was initialized at the start of the function, however, right along with my i and j counters and there is no problem with i or j. What am I doing wrong????? Have a great day, Alex __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind