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Android

Posted by Julius Williams
Julius Williams
2,522 Points

Go kart challenge error

I keep getting an error on part 2/3 and cannot figure out how to rectify it.

I recieve this error: ./GoKart.java:12: error: unreachable statement mBarsCount = 0; ^ ./GoKart.java:14: error: missing return statement } ^ 2 errors

The code is as follows:

public class GoKart { public static final int MAX_BAT = 8; private String mColor; private int mBarsCount;

public GoKart(String color) { mColor = color; }

public String getColor() { return mColor; mBarsCount = 0;

} }

Any help would be appreciated.

1 Answer

George Pirchalaishvili
George Pirchalaishvili
3,747 Points
George Pirchalaishvili
George Pirchalaishvili
3,747 Points

Well your code states this 

public String getColor() { 

return mColor; 

mBarsCount = 0;

}

so you have return statement and than mBarsCount, but you wont get to mBars since method will finish on return statement