I'm new to Java. I'm getting the following error from my code:
(Palindrome.jav a:30: error: missing return statement
} // close method)


My code is:

[public class Palindrome { // define class palindrome

public static boolean isPalindrome(St ring inputWord) { //define method

int rightSide = inputWord.lengt h() -1; // right side

while (leftSide...

I understand how to use the equals, and know that there is an option to use '!' for unequal check, but in my case, I am testing against a value in quotes. See my code below.... how do I use the '!' to check against a value in quotes? I also would like to change this test to a while loop, rather than an if/else. I am hoping this will still work in that case (??)

if ("quit".equals( inputWord)) { // checks for string=quit....