Is it bad style to use 'return' to break a for loop in Java?

Question

I\'m doing a project with basic Java for a CS class. The project has a for loop nested inside a while loop.

I am not allowed to use break as a wa

Answer 1

Also does it matter if 'return' doesn't return anything?

That depends on your method's return type. if the return type is void, a return clause must be empty:

return;

otherwise, a return clause must return the required type, e.g.

return true; // legal for boolean return type
return null; // legal for all object types
return "Hello"; // legal if return type is String