Nancy,
LOL Yeah I knew that it was unreachable (that is why I added the "quite correctly" statement) <s>
I was simply trying to show that it is possible (i.e. it compiles) to use a return in a try...catch, but I have to emphasise that I do not recommend doing that <s>. (I only like to see _one_ return per method (unless the method returns void and then I don't want to see any returns).

I just hope you are not picking on the Packers <s>

Einar

>>This method compiles just fine, except there are squiggly lines under the return in the try stating, quite correctly, "unreachable code detected".
>
>That's because it's, well, unreachable. The

throw new Exception("Go Pack Go");

immediately stops the code executing. But, you knew this, right?