Returning string from method help
 

I have this method:

    

public String addBuddy(String buddyName, HashMap userList)

{       

        if(buddyList.contains(buddyName))

            statusMessage = "Buddy already in list";

        else if (!userList.containsKey(buddyName))

            statusMessage = "No such user on server";            

        else

            buddyList.add(buddyName);

            statusMessage = "Buddy added";

        return (statusMessage);

    }

When I call this in my main how would i display the statusMessage? statusMessage is declared so that's not the problem

In my main I'm calling:

           if (option == 3)

           {

               System.out.println("enter user name: ");

               String buddyName = a.nextLine();

               server.userList.get(user).addBuddy(buddyName, server.userList);

           }

Thanks for the help

Re: Returning string from method help
 

System.out.println(addBuddy(buddyName, server.userList));