I agree ... trying the various permutations is hardly the way to go about things. Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marlon Brandão de Sousa Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:49 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: method saying "no return statement" when there IS one Hello Alex, This is not the way to follow if you want to learn programming. You can't say "a, I changed this and I don't know why it is but it is working". You need to understand what is going on, because may be one day you won't be able to put the if else outside a loop and you then don't know what to do. I suggest you place your code here and let us try to show you what's happenimg and why the compiler is accepting the code or not deppending on what you're trying to achiev. Thanks Marlon 2008/2/23, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>: > Ah, got it! I had the if...else inside the for loops, and when I moved > them outside it was fine for some reason. It now compiles. > > Have a great day, > Alex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Date sent: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:43:42 -0800 > >Subject: RE: method saying "no return statement" when there IS > one > > > > >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 > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > -- When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free." Linus Torvalds __________ 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