[Solved] Why can’t I use method return as a pointer in Java?

Question

This has nothing to do with Java. In the first example you call lastNode once and store the result in p. In your second example, you call lastNode twice, but after the first call, you add a new last node to your list, so the return value is different the second time!

Accepted Answer

This has nothing to do with Java. In the first example you call lastNode once and store the result in p. In your second example, you call lastNode twice, but after the first call, you add a new last node to your list, so the return value is different the second time!