unexpected return value when computing average?
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Because your getAverage(String newvalue)
method has a function definition consisting of return type as void
and you're returning value from that method.
Any method having return type set as void in the function definition/declaration isn't supposed to return any value.
Please correct it as :-
public int getAverage(String newvalue){
return average;
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Updated on June 06, 2022Comments
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bretth18 almost 2 years
I am having trouble being able to return the value of the "average" variable in my getter method. I keep getting the error "incompatible types: unexpected return value" but the value is defined above in the setter method?
I looked for a similar issue but could not find anything close to this
public class Student { private String firstName; private String lastName; private int score1, score2, score3; private int average; public void setFirstName(String name){ firstName = name; } public String getFirstName(){ return firstName; } public void setLastName(String name){ lastName = name; } public String getLastName(){ return lastName; } public void setScore1(String newvalue){ score1 = Integer.parseInt(newvalue); } public int getScore1(int newvalue){ return score1; } public void setScore2(String newvalue){ score2 = Integer.parseInt(newvalue); } public int getScore2(int newvalue){ return score2; } public void setScore3(String newvalue){ score3 = Integer.parseInt(newvalue); } public int getScore3(int newvalue){ return score3; } public int setAverage(int newvalue){ average = (score1 + score2 + score3)/3; } public void getAverage(String newvalue){ return average; } }