Possible to initialize the return value of a function?

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1

If I have a function such as:

boolean test()
{
     return a==b;
}

is it possible to initialize the return value of test to "false" the same way that you can initialize a boolean variable to "false"?

2

Like this?

boolean test()
{
     boolean returnValue = false;
     returnValue = a==b;
     return returnValue;
}
3

is it possible to initialize the return value of test to "false" the same way that you can initialize a boolean variable to "false"?

Yes. The way that return statement is written, though, initialization is not needed.

boolean test()
{
   boolean status = false;
   // do some diddling that might include changing the value of status
   return status;
}
4

That is perfect! Thanks to the both of you!