why does this compile and run ?

[rakeshBhatia]

package trainingjava;

public class NewClass {

public static void main(String args[]) {
Test test = new Test();

test.returnSomething(); // <----- I have not written int i = ...
}

}

class Test {
public int returnSomething() {
return 100;
}
}

[Ulf Dittmer]

It's perfectly legal to ignore the return value of methods.

[Sugantha Jeevankumar]

yeah,its also known as calling a function for its side-effect.