Chapter 6.4, Problem 6.4.6CP

Explanation of Solution

Purpose of the given statement:

The purpose of the given statement is to print the added values of “x” and “y”.

Syntax error:

An error which occurred in the source code of a program is referred as “syntax error”; because the computer programs strictly follow the syntax rules, if the code fails to prove its language syntax format then the compiler will throw an error.

Necessity of specifying a return statement in value returning method:

A value-returning method is a method which would return a value after processing the statement inside the method. Without specifying the “return” statement, it would throw the error.

public static double yMethod(double a, double b)

{

System.out.println(a+b);

return a+b;

}

Consider the above example, where the data type of the method is “double”...