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Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri'
Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri'

Reputation: 6617

What does return mean without any datatype?

What does return ; mean?

As far as I can tell, it means to return void.

public void method() 
{
    System.out.println("here2");
    return ;
}

Can anybody please explain?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2328

Answers (2)

SeasonalShot
SeasonalShot

Reputation: 2579

We are simply just returning the CONTROL to the calling function.

Upvotes: 0

Habib
Habib

Reputation: 223277

It means to return nothing - void to be specific. Used to return out of method. It is used with method with return type void , if you want to return early from the method based on some condition like:

public void method(int parameter)
{
  if(parameter < 0)
     return;
  //otherwise continue with the following. 
  System.out.println("here2");
}

In your current code, you are not required to write return since the method will return normally from the last line of code.

Returning a Value from a Method

Any method declared void doesn't return a value. It does not need to contain a return statement, but it may do so. In such a case, a return statement can be used to branch out of a control flow block and exit the method

Upvotes: 11

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