Cout doesn't work after return

Question

Cout (and everything else I've attempted to put after the return) doesn't work when placed after the return in this function. What's wrong?

   float tanDegrees() {
    string i;
    double iDouble;
    string choice;

    cout << "Give me a number to find the value of degrees in. ";
    getline(cin, i);

    iDouble = stod(i);

    double PI = 3.14159265359;

    float answer = tan((PI / 180)*iDouble);

    cout << "Test!" << endl;

    return answer;

    cout << "Test!" << endl;

}

Answer 1

The return causes you to leave the function's scope. So anything after "return" won't be touched.