return - get out of a function early

- NAME
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# NAME

return - get out of a function early

# SYNOPSIS

return EXPR

return

# DESCRIPTION

Returns from a subroutine, `eval`, or `do FILE` with the value given in EXPR. Evaluation of EXPR may be in list, scalar, or void context, depending on how the return value will be used, and the context may vary from one execution to the next (see `wantarray`). If no EXPR is given, returns an empty list in list context, the undefined value in scalar context, and (of course) nothing at all in a void context.

(Note that in the absence of an explicit `return`, a subroutine, eval, or do FILE will automatically return the value of the last expression evaluated.)

return - get out of a function early