Question

Errors with missing return statement. Anyone have any idea what’s wrong with the code?

import java.text.*;
public class Sentence {
    private String text;
    public Sentence(String str) {
        str = text;
    }
    public boolean isPalindrome() {
        int length = text.length();
        for(int n = 0;n <= length/2;n++) {
            char letterFromFront = text.charAt(n);
            char letterFromBack = text.charAt(length);
            if(letterFromFront == letterFromBack) {
                return true;
            }else {
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
} 

Answer 1

Its complaining because there won’t be any return if it doesn’t enter in the for loop.

Please add a return statement after for loop.

Also please note: n++ in your for loop is a dead code as your returning in the first iteration itself.