java - How to return a value from try, catch, and finally?

Question

So when I do a code of blocks inside a try{}, and I try to return a value, it tells me

no return values

import org.w3c.dom.ranges.RangeException;


public class Pg257E5 
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
    try
    {
        System.out.println(add(args));
    }
    catch(RangeException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    finally
    {
        System.out.println("Thanks for using the program kiddo!");
    }
}
public static double add(String[] values)
// shows a commpile error here that I don't have a return value
{
    try
    {
        int length = values.length;
        double arrayValues[] = new double[length];
        double sum = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i<length; i++)
        {
            arrayValues[i] = Double.parseDouble(values[i]);
            sum += arrayValues[i];
        }
        return sum; // I do have a return value here.
        // Is it because if the an exception occurs the codes in try stops and doesn't get to the return value?
    }
    catch(NumberFormatException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    catch(RangeException e)
    {
        throw e;
    }
    finally
    {
        System.out.println("Thank you for using the program!");
        //so would I need to put a return value of type double here?
    }

}
}

My question is, how do you return a value when you are using try and catch?

Answer 1

To return a value when using try/catch you can use a temporary variable, e.g.

public static double add(String[] values) {
    double sum = 0.0;
    try {
        int length = values.length;
        double arrayValues[] = new double[length];
        for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            arrayValues[i] = Double.parseDouble(values[i]);
            sum += arrayValues[i];
        }
    } catch(NumberFormatException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch(RangeException e) {
        throw e;
    } finally {
        System.out.println("Thank you for using the program!");
    }
    return sum;
}

Else you need to have a return in every execution path (try block or catch block) that has no throw.