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magicman [ Wed May 31, 2006 11:22 am ]

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public static....

i have a program that i have to make for my end project and i need alittle help with it. so far this is what i have.

code:

public static int stage1 ()
{
int stg1;
stg1 = (int) (Math.random () * 2) + 1;
String answer;

switch (stg1)
{

case 1:
c.println ("question");
c.print ("A)fhdskjahf");
c.println (" B)fdsafds");
c.print ("C)fdsafdsa");
c.println (" D)fgdsawer");
answer = c.readString ();
if (answer.equals ("a") | answer.equals ("A"))
{
c.println ("Is that the final answer??");
c.println ("y/n");
answer = c.readString ();
if (answer.equals ("y") | answer.equals ("Y"))
{
c.println ("You have won $100");
break;
}
else
if (answer.equals ("n") | answer.equals ("N"))
{
}

}

case 2:
c.println ("question2");
c.print ("A)fhdskjahf");
c.println (" B)fdsafds");
c.print ("C)fdsafdsa");
c.println (" D)fgdsawer");
break;
}
}

its giving me a dumb @$$ error,
The Method "int stage1();" must contain a return statement with an expression compatible with type "int".

how do i fix it???

and if you see any thing else that i should do, please speak up.

Author:	md [ Wed May 31, 2006 11:38 am ]
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you need to return an int with the return statement

Author:	magicman [ Wed May 31, 2006 11:41 am ]
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Common man, thats not even funny... i would like some REAL HELP!!!!!

Author:	wtd [ Wed May 31, 2006 12:02 pm ]
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I'm guessing that you have absolutely no idea why there's an "int" in "public static int"". This is a phenomenally important concept to understand. Read my Introduction to Java. It's available in the Java Tutorials forum.

Author:	md [ Wed May 31, 2006 12:38 pm ]
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I was serious. It's a very clear error message.

Author:	codemage [ Wed May 31, 2006 12:54 pm ]
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Enough of the slack jawed non-helpful comments. Read below for some super-secret REAL help: Quote: You need to return an int with the return statement.

Author:	wtd [ Wed May 31, 2006 1:26 pm ]
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codemage wrote: Enough of the slack jawed non-helpful comments. Read below for some super-secret REAL help: Quote: You need to return an int with the return statement. Mine was not a non-helpful comment. This is a fine suggestion, except that it does not address the (suspected) underlying issue, which is connecting the "int" in "public static int" with the method returning an int. If a programmer can "get" that, then it's a simple matter to realize that "public static String" for instance means the method has to return a String. Then of course you have to understand what public and static mean.

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