Switch Statement..return problem

[XanFox]

Hi,

I am having a problem with a switch statement I have coded and have not found sample code to help me figure out exactly what I am doing wrong. The code is supposed to take a 2 dimensional array (String Array[4][7]) index i.e. rowNum and colNum and return a number between 1 and 28. The method requires an int return. When I pass the cursor over the end brace it says it is missing return statement. Here is the code... if you can see what I have done wrong please help!

public int findDayNum(int rowNum, int colNum){
switch (rowNum){
case 0:
if (colNum == 0) {return 1;}
else if (colNum == 1) {return 2;}
else if (colNum==2) {return 3;}
else if(colNum==3) {return 4;}
else if (colNum == 4) {return 5;}
else if (colNum == 5) {return 6;}
else if (colNum == 6) {return 7;}
break;
case 1:
if (colNum == 0) {return 8;}
else if (colNum == 1) {return 9;}
else if (colNum==2) {return 10;}
else if(colNum==3) {return 11;}
else if (colNum == 4) {return 12;}
else if (colNum == 5) {return 13;}
else if (colNum == 6) {return 14;}
break;
case 2:
if (colNum == 0) {return 15;}
else if (colNum == 1) {return 16;}
else if (colNum==2) {return 17;}
else if(colNum==3) {return 18;}
else if (colNum == 4) {return 19;}
else if (colNum == 5) {return 20;}
else if (colNum == 6) {return 21;}
break;
case 3:
if (colNum == 0) {return 22;}
else if (colNum == 1) {return 23;}
else if (colNum==2) {return 24;}
else if(colNum==3) {return 25;}
else if (colNum == 4) {return 26;}
else if (colNum == 5) {return 27;}
else if (colNum == 6) {return 28;}
break;
default: return -1;

}//end switch
}//end findDayNum

[XanFox]

Hi,

Thanks for looking at this however, I see that the return statement, which must be the last statement ... cannot be the last statement in code like this. I have made the method a void proceedure and declared a variable to hold the answer as my solution to this problem.

Many thanks..

[Uladzimir]

...
}//end switch
return -1;
// }//end findDayNum

[Glebun]

Yes, I do realize it's been 5 years...BUT! I just HAD to register here and write this -

return rowNum*7 + colNum + 1;

instead of all that crap above