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jay ang
Courses Plus Student 679 PointsWhy is the return part of promptForGuess() method.
in the promptForGuess() method, what is the meaning of the return part? "return game.applyGuess(guess)" ....what does this statement means?
1 Answer
Viktor Khon
2,798 PointsI don't have a technical language to explain it properly, but I will try to explain you the answer the way I understood it, hopefully it will be helpful. So, once your run promptForGuess() method, console will ask you to input a character, based on the input the method now has to return a value, in this case it returns game.applyGuess(guess) - meaning applyGuess method that is located in Game.java, right? Compiler will then go to this method 'applyGuess()' and start running the code which checks if the input is true and false and so on. To answer your question, the meaning of the return part is to use the method in Game.java to get the logic of the game and give you the answer.
Let me know if this explanation makes sense.