Android: code acts crazy - android

I have an extremely strange Problem, while trying to develop for android on eclipse
my program always returned non-sense statements, so I tried debugging it.
And Now I understand what the problem is....
...the code acts literally crazy - it's absolutely illogical
this is my code:
ArrayList<String[]> formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books);
if (formatedVerses.size() < 1) { // check if readAndSplitDatabaseFile worked
createDatabase(database, false); // if not. the database wasnt initialized
formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books); // try again
}
return formatedVerses;
basically I create this ArrayList
But when I debug, it doesnt just go trough the code from top to bottom, it makes weird illogical jumps
the debugger arrives at the line:
ArrayList<String[]> formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books);
then jumps to the if-statement (so far so good)
if (formatedVerses.size() < 1) {
but "formatedVerses.size() < 1" is false, so it should jump over the if-block
but instead the debugger not only jumps INTO the if-block, but it actually jumps into THE SECOND LINE of the block:
formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books);
which makes no sense whatsoever.
I feel like somebody is playing jokes on me.
I just cant wrap my mind around this.....
I've also tried restructuring the code...
but it only gets weirder.
I've also tried other implementations. for example like this:
if (formatedVerses.size() < 1) {
return array1;
} else{
doSomethingElse();
return array2;
}
in that case, it jumps into the true-statement of the if-block
return array1;
and then, when I click on next-step, it actually JUMPS from that line to the
return array2 line inside of the else-block, while completely leaving out the doSomethingElse()-line
anybody got any ideas?
because I'm going crazy right now...

Usually when I see behavior like this, it is because I am not running the code I think I am running. I have not done Android development, so I can't speak specifically to that, but do you have "build automatically" under the project menu checked? I have found that to reduce the number of times I see this behavior tremendously.
Have you tried cleaning the code and doing a complete rebuild? Are you running this out of Eclipse or on a remote device? If on a remote device, have you published the code to the device?
As I said, I haven't done any Android development, so some of these questions may seem obvious from an Andriod developing standpoint.
Hope those ideas help.

To me, it actually sounds like your braces are misaligned in some way. It appears to be ignoring the braces around the if statement, treating it like this.
if (formatedVerses.size() < 1) // check if readAndSplitDatabaseFile worked
createDatabase(database, false); // if not. the database wasnt initialized
formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books); // try again
Doesn't really explain your second example though.
EDIT: Or maybe your second block is also parsing oddly.. doesn't explain why the code continues after a return statement though.
if (formatedVerses.size() < 1)
return array1;
else
doSomethingElse();
return array2;

just to elaborate on what aperkins said, which is all correct, the Eclipse debugger uses line number information from when your code was compiled into a .class file, and uses your source .java file to display what line of code is being run. So say you write this :
if (readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books).size() < 1) {
createDatabase(database, false); // if not. the database wasnt initialized
formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books); // try again
}
return formatedVerses;
and you build and run, and then you add a line of code and a blank line:
ArrayList<String[]> formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books);
if (formatedVerses.size() < 1) { // check if readAndSplitDatabaseFile worked
createDatabase(database, false); // if not. the database wasnt initialized
formatedVerses = readAndSplitDatabaseFile(database, books); // try again
}
return formatedVerses;
now when you are debugging, you are stepping through the first example, but looking at the second. The solution as aperkins mentioned is just to build and run again, or to undo your changes until they match up with what you had when you last compiled.

Okay, I figured it out.
Strangely it was something completely different.
I made some mistakes on the complete other side of my program. It had nothing to do with this code-segment (the problems weren't even in the same class.)
once that was fixed, it started to act normal again.
I don't understand it and at this point, I don't want to understand it.
Thanks for the help, everybody.

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