5-9 ValueReturn

Post date: Mar 29, 2014 5:42:33 PM

//This program demonstrates a value-returning Method.

package valuereturn;

public class ValueReturn

{

public static void main(String[] args)

{

int total, valuel = 20, value2 = 40;

// Call the sum method, passing the contents of valuel and valuo2 as arguments.

// Assign the return value to the total variable.

total = sum(valuel, value2);

// Display the contents of all these variables.

System.out.println("The sum of " + valuel + " and " + value2 + " is " + total) ;

}

/*

The sum method returns the sum of its two parameters.

@param numl The first number to be added.

@param num2 The second number to be added.

@return The sum of numl and num2.

*/

public static int sum(int numl, int num2)

{

int result; // result is a local variable

// Assign the value of numl + num2 to result.

result = numl + num2;

// Return the value in the result variable.

return result;

}

}