A blank return does anything?

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1

I wondered if a return that returns with nothing does anything

	if not Player.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
		return
	end

for example, what will the piece of code above do

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2

It will just stop whatever should run next.

local n = 5

if n == 5 then
	return
end

print("This will not print.")
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3

even outside of a function?----------------

4

Yes, everywhere in the script. When return is used inside a loop it will break it as well.

5

however the use of break when you want to break a loop is recommended

6 
-- Example:
while true do
	print("i no crash!")
	break
end
7

It depends on the context too. When using return, it will stop the code after the loop in the current scope, while break won’t. For example:

while true do
	break
end

print("This will print.")

while true do
	return
end

print("This will not print.")
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