Cant figure out why my program doesn't catch a specific error.

[tiny egret]

<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

[stray surge]

ye, you were missing the return; keyword

these comments are obscuring the code more than helping

yes, it's completely fine

k, follow the rules then! 😅

You can change

if (baseInputField.getText().isEmpty() || exponentInputField.getText().isEmpty()) {
    outputArea.setText("Please input a number for both the base and the exponent.");
    return;
} else {
    baseValue = Double.parseDouble(baseInputField.getText());
    exponentValue = Double.parseDouble(exponentInputField.getText());
}

to

if (baseInputField.getText().isEmpty() || exponentInputField.getText().isEmpty()) {
    outputArea.setText("Please input a number for both the base and the exponent.");
    return;
}

baseValue = Double.parseDouble(baseInputField.getText());
exponentValue = Double.parseDouble(exponentInputField.getText());

A single comment here may be enough

yes