#Returning object question from Java Method

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

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Is it true that In order to return an object from a Java method, you must first declare a variable to hold a reference to the object?

Yes, in Java, when you want to return an object from a method, you must first declare a variable of the object's type to hold a reference to the object. This reference variable will point to the memory location where the object is stored.

When the method is called and the object is created, you can then assign this object to the reference variable and return it using the return statement. If you try to return an object without assigning it to a reference variable first, you will get a compilation error.

Here's an example of how you can return an object from a Java method:

public class MyClass {
    public SomeObject getObject() {
        SomeObject obj = new SomeObject(); // create an instance of SomeObject
        return obj; // return the object
    }
}

In this example, we first declare a reference variable obj of type SomeObject, create an instance of SomeObject, assign it to obj, and then return obj from the method.

So yes, in order to return an object from a Java method, you must declare a variable to hold a reference to the object.

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steel kelp
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No.

public int getMeaningOfLife() {
  return 42;
}
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And a tip, you can use:

north tideBOT
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Please use this format for posting code:

```java
// Example java program
int value = 5;
System.out.println(value);
```

Which results in:

// Example java program
int value = 5;
System.out.println(value);

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simon_verhoeven • used /tag id: code ·
steel kelp
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to share code here.

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The same, your IDE will even remark in the latter that the variable's useless.

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And you also need to reset your lenCount to 0 after line 10.

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You're welcome.

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In intelliJ CE you can also just run your code, there's normally a green arrow to the left of your main method.

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As the new line 11.