Return

A return statement returns control from a function or method back to its caller.

Related concepts:  FunctionMethodCallControl Flow

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Return statement — In computer programming, a return statement causes execution to leave the current subroutine and resume at the point in the code immediately after the instruction which called the subroutine, known as its return address. The return address is saved by the calling routine, today usually on the process's call stack or in a register. Return statements in many programming languages allow a function to specify a return value to be passed back to the code that called the function.

Misconceptions about Return

15 documented Misconceptions

ArrowFunctionNoImpliedReturn

Even when an arrow function consists just of an expression, the return keyword must be explicitly written

MapInPlace

Map modifies the elements of the array on which it operates in place

NoReturnValue

Functions without return statements return no value at all

SetTimeoutReturnsCallbackResult

SetTimeout returns the value returned by the callback function