will the finally execute if a return statement present in try block?

[vijay kumarg]

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My first question( may be simple!)
If we have areturn statement in try will the finally still executes?

[Richard Anderson]

Yes, it will. Try it out.

[Jaikiran Pai]

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[Crace Selvage]

Yeah, the finally block executes. Always. Unless the jvm is killed off or a System.exit() is called.