Java, A Beginner's Guide, 5th Edition, 5th Edition

Returning from a Method

In general, there are two conditions that cause a method to return—first, as the range( ) method in the preceding example shows, when the method’s closing curly brace is encountered. The second is when a return statement is executed. There are two forms of return—one for use in void methods (those that do not return a value) and one for returning values. The first form is examined here. The next section explains how to return values.

In a void method, you can cause the immediate termination of a method by using this form of return:

return;

When this statement executes, program control returns to the caller, skipping any remaining code in the method. For example, consider this method:

Here, the for loop will only run from ...