overload method needs result type in Scala?

Question

Here is my code and I actually do not need any return values and types, and wondering how to handle this error?

Error of "overload method needs result type" is on this line foo (start, end, 14)

object HelloWorld {

  def foo(start: String, end: String) = {
     foo (start, end, 14)
  }

  def foo(start: String, end: String, id: Int) = {
     println("Hello, world!")
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {

    foo("hello", "scala")
  }
}

Corrected version of code,

object HelloWorld {

  def foo(start: String, end: String): Unit = {
     foo (start, end, 14)
  }

  def foo(start: String, end: String, id: Int): Unit = {
     println("Hello, world!")
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {

    foo("hello", "scala")
  }
}

thanks in advance, Lin

Answer 1

Here is my code and I actually do not need any return values and types, and wondering how to handle this error?

You do. Scala doesn't allow you to have two foo methods without specifying return types (both Unit in this case).