Chapter 4.2, Problem 15SCP

Explanation of Solution

Given code snippet:

//define the static function

public static int sumTo(int n) {

    //loop to calculate the sum

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        //declare and initialize the required variable

        int sum = 0;

        //calculate the sum

        sum += i;

    }

    //return statement

    return sum;

}

Error in the above code:

• In the given code snippet, the variable “sum” gets initialized with the value “1” in every case in the for loop...