return statement
programming statement that stops execution of the current subroutine, optionally passing back a return value to the code that called the subroutine
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return statement
Summary
return statement ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- return statement's subclass of is recorded as jump statement[2].
- return statement's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03rb8x[3].
- return statement's facet of is recorded as subroutine[4].
- return statement's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/return[5].
- return statement's has characteristic is recorded as return value[6].
- return statement's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03828774n[7].
- return statement's Quora topic ID is recorded as Return-Statement[8].
- return statement's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 208030741[9].
Why It Matters
return statement ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]