Pass a string to a function

[Sammut]

Hi,

I have the following function to which I need to pass a string variable

private string cMask (string sText)
{

}

but ever time I try to compile I get the error
'test.Form1.cMask(string)': not all code paths return a value

Any idea?
Thanks
Ivan Sammut

[Lukas Thanei]

Hi,

that error message means, that your function with return type "string" does
never return a value, so you have to return a string or use void as return
type for your function.

private string cMask (string sText) {
return "Hello World";
}

--- OR ---

private void cMask (string sText) {
dowhateveryouwantornothing();
}
Lukas

[Shiva]

Hi,
Since you have specified this function would return a string, make sure it
does so before completion.
For this specific case, the function doesn't return anything.

"Sammut" <sa*****@nextgen.net.mt> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have the following function to which I need to pass a string variable

private string cMask (string sText)
{

}

but ever time I try to compile I get the error
'test.Form1.cMask(string)': not all code paths return a value

Any idea?
Thanks
Ivan Sammut

[Rakesh Rajan]

Your method now accepts a string argument, and returns back a string as well.
If you don't want to return anything, change the method declaration to this:

private void cMask (string sText)

Check out this MSDN page for more info on methods
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...pspec_10_5.asp

"Sammut" wrote:

Hi,

I have the following function to which I need to pass a string variable

private string cMask (string sText)
{

}

but ever time I try to compile I get the error
'test.Form1.cMask(string)': not all code paths return a value

Any idea?
Thanks
Ivan Sammut