error: missing return statement

Question

My Error message is error: missing return statement
And the code it is for is
public String goKart {
}
```Example.java
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("We are going to create a GoKart");
}
  public String goKart(){
  }
}
```

Brody Ricketts · Answer

@Sean Gwall (https://teamtreehouse.com/seangwall) 
You are trying to create what looks like a method. You declared that the return type of the method is a string, so when you don't use the return keyword in your block of code, you will get that compiler error as you did. 
What the task is asking you to do is create a new object. 
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Ruan Lopes de Souza · Answer

Hello Sean! 
I'm not sure what you have to do in this task but In your second method you are saying to the compiler that you are returning a String, so you should return something for example:
  ```Java
 public String goKart(){
 return stringVariable;
  }
  ```
Check this link out it might help you!
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/returnvalue.html

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error: missing return statement

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