Can not return a String

Question

Why can't I return the String e?
public String test()
      String t;
      try
           // some code that requires a try statement
           t = "test";
       }catch(Exception e) { System.out.print(e.getMessage()); }
       return e;
}The return statement complies about that variable e "might not have been initialized". But it is initialized in the try statement. I don´t see the logic.

Answer 1

Roxxor wrote:
Why can't I return the String e?
public String test()
String t;
try
// some code that requires a try statement
t = "test";
}catch(Exception e) { System.out.print(e.getMessage()); }
return e;
}The return statement complies about that variable e "might not have been initialized". But it is initialized in the try statement. I don´t see the logic.for starters, e is an Exception, not a String.
I think you mean to do something more like this:
public String test()
      String t = null;
      try
           // some code that requires a try statement
           t = "test";
      catch(Exception e)
         System.out.print(e.getMessage());
         t = e.getMessage();
       return t;
}when the compiler tells you something, believe it.
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