Kotlin.Unit error

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Guys am a beginner and i can’t undertsand why; when i run this code i get “Kotlin.Unit” message under the solution !! i would really appreciate any helpp thankss !!

Code :

fun main() { 
    val coin1 = flippingCoins()
    println ("Side : ${coin1.side} ")
    println (" ${coin1.result()}")}
     // main 
class flippingCoins   { 
    var side = (1..2).random()
    fun result() { 
    if (side==1) println("ur coin landed tail ")
    else println ("ur coin landed head ")
                 }
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result doesn’t return anything: there’s no return statement in it.

When that happens kotlin makes the function “magically” return Unit, think of that as a placeholder for “not returning anything”.
In main you’re printing coin1.result(), which is Unit.

To fix that you can:

  1. remove the last println statement in main since you’re already printing in result.
    OR
  2. make result return a String (instead of printing it) and then print it from main as you’re doing now.
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Thanks for the quick Reply !!
i went with your second suggestion and it worked fine!!

Here is the code if anyone ever runs to the same problems

fun main() { 
    val coin1 = flippingCoins()
    println ("Side : ${coin1.side} ")
    println ("${coin1.result()}")}
     // main 
class flippingCoins   { 
    var side = (1..2).random()
    fun result() : String { 
    if (side==1) return ("Your coin landed tail ")
    else return ("Your coin landed head ") 
    } 
}
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Note that you don’t have to duplicate the return into both branches, this is equivalent:

fun result(): String { 
    return if (side == 1) "Your coin landed tail "
    else "Your coin landed head "
}

Or even shorter with an expression body, where you don’t need the return at all`:

fun result() = 
    if (side == 1) "Your coin landed tail "
    else "Your coin landed head "
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fun getYearEra(year: Int){
val era: String
val res = when(year){
1969 → print(“Before”)
1970 → print(“Equals”)
in 1971…2000 → print(“after (XX century)”)
in 2001…2100 → print(“after (XXI century)”)
2101 → print(“distant future”)
else → {
println(“000”)
return
}
}
return ; res
println(era)

}

help please I can not understand why kotlin.Unit pops up (after (XXI century) kotlin.Unit)

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@ivansavchenkogym555 What do you want your function to do — print the era (to the standard output), or return it (to the caller)? (Or both?) Right now it’s a confused mixture…