public static....

[magicman]

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.

[md]

you need to return an int with the return statement

[magicman]

Common man, thats not even funny...
i would like some REAL HELP!!!!!

[wtd]

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.

[md]

I was serious. It's a very clear error message.

[codemage]

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.

[wtd]

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.