KB page no 336 return statement

[sumaraghavi ragha]

Hi

friends please explain me the following code why it is printing the output one time??

static boolean doStuff() {
for (int x = 0; x < 3; x++) {
System.out.println("in for loop");
return true;
}
return true;
}

Thanks in advance

[marc weber]

A return statement causes execution to immediately leave the method.

[vaibhav mishra]

since your method signature says that method should return boolean so as soon as your method encounters a return method it's task is completed and it returns true and exit form method however if you remove first return statement you will get what you expect

boolean yourMethod()

[chander shivdasani]

As soon as the return statement is encountered, the control is passed to the block that called this method.

It is immaterial to place the return statement in a for loop as it will be executed only once.