Can anyone clarify Return End?

[MisterGrinch2017]

I have this line of code here:

if place_holder then return end

I just want some quick clarifications on the “Return End” part:
Does it mean “return nothing, then end” or does it mean “return the keyword “end” to the script”?

Thanks!

[Xacima (Yui)]

A return statement returns occasional results from a function or simply finishes a function.
There is an implicit return at the end of any function, so you do not need to use one if your function ends naturally, without returning any value.

[jXD20072]

In that code, you aren’t returning anything. It’s just a way to write it in one line, it’s the same as doing:

if palce_holder then
    return
end

[MisterGrinch2017]

Hi! Can you describe what you mean by a function ending naturally? Please see another piece of code:

function test (noLol)
   if noLol then return end
   else --do something
end

would there be any difference if I just did: then end instead of then return end because I’m not passing anything to anywhere?

[Dragonfable6000 (Dragon)]

Your sample code won’t work in this case. To expand that code visually, it would look like this:

function test (noLol)
   if noLol then 
      return 
   end
   else -- do something (This would error as else is not 
        -- supported with any if conditions)
end

A better example to explain “if place_holder then return end” would be this:

local function RunIfHave5Apple(apples)
   if apples < 5 then return end -- stop the code from continuing to run
   print("I have 5 apples :)") -- code would run here if apple is greater or equal to 5
end

[Xacima (Yui)]

In your case, if the statement is true it will just stop the execution, which means it won’t run anything below.
If you do this in a function, it will simply exit out of the function and continue with anything outside of the function.

[MisterGrinch2017]

sorry! I meant to put the “else” before the “end” like your example about the apples. @Xacima just answered what I was looking for, but thank you for pointing that out!