why does it not return a value for bool?

Question

So my code does not compile because it does not return a value. I don't know how to make it work and return true and false as it is in the if statement

// Update vote totals given a new vote
bool vote(string name)
{
    // Iterate over candidates
    for (int i = 0; i < candidate_count; i++)
    {
        // If found update vote total and return true
        if (strcmp(name, candidates[i].name) != 0)
        {
            candidates[i].votes++;
            return true;
        }
        // Else if no candidate is called name return false
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

If anyone can give me directions or a link where I can find more information about this I would be very grateful.

Answer 1

The return false; should be the last line of your function, after the loop, there is nothing to do in that else.

Rationale: If you have a name match, you know the vote is valid. But if you have a mismatch, it might still be valid, matching another name. So only after the loop, if you haven't had a name match with any candidate, do you know the vote is invalid.