I am making a simple program. When I compile it, BlueJ says "unreachable statement" and highlights "System.out.println(mystery("DELIVER"));". I'm unsure what to do. I would like it to complete the println statement and run it in a main method, but it gives me the same error.
public class Test7
{
public String mystery(String s)
{
String s1= s.substring(0,1);
String s2= s.substring(1, s.length()-1);
String s3= s.substring(s.length()-1);
if (s.length() <= 3)
return s3 + s2 + s1;
else
return s1 + mystery(s2) + s3;
System.out.println(mystery("DELIVER"));
}
}
Whether the if-statement is true or false, you return, so the println statement cannot be reached.
Maybe that became clearer once I corrected your bad indentations.
Cannot answer what you should do, since you haven't declared your intention. Did you intend the println statement to be in a separate main method, perhaps?