Java problem with method calling in java

Question

Guys you understand what am trying to do here ,am calling the add() method (or function I don't know what it's called) the output gave me error that I haven't added return statement ,so I added return sum; but the output gave me infinite result of the answer like this
48
48
48
48
48
It even crashed my phone I have to restart it
What is going on should I add break statement or what alternative do u guys have

public class Program
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("answer =");
add();

}
public static int add(){
int x =6;
int y=8;
int sum=x*y;
System.out.println(sum);

}
}

Answer 1

Hello Tony Jadesola

If you only want to print the value the return type of add() need to be void:

public static void add(){

}

with return type int:

public static int add(){

int a = 3;
int b = 4;

return a+b;

}

In this case your method returns an integer. In your main:

int sum = add();

Answer 2

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/Java/2153/?ref=app

Answer 3

Java sees this

public static int add()

Java thinks that function returns an `int`. But you didn't issue `return` in add() function. Java was reminding you about that.

Solution:
Return <sum> from add() ...

return sum;

P.S. There's no way you're getting infinite output unless you have a loop in the code. Is that the complete code? why I don't see any loop there ...

Answer 4

Ipang that's all the code I don't know why a loop came out

Answer 5

Denise Roßberg I replaced int with void and it worked well

Answer 6

Ipang thanks I figured it out