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✅ Separate local function with explicit 'return' statement
The reason your IDE is complaining about using an explicit return statement is due to how your IsPalindrome method is structured. Specifically, the problem is in the loop condition.
You have a loop that iterates with i, but inside the loop, you’re checking if the characters at startPointerIndex and endPointerIndex match. However, the loop itself runs one iteration too many, because the condition i < word.Length - 1 means that it will not check the last character properly.
Additionally, the loop structure and flow may result in the IDE warning you to use an explicit return statement, particularly because it expects that a value should be returned in all possible cases (even if you reach the end of the method). To resolve this issue, you should adjust the loop and the condition where the return statement is placed.
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