What does return do and how to use it

[MGC_MAD5 (Faithful2christ)]

Hi guys, I’ve been having trouble on understanding on what the return keyword what it does and how to use it. I would like to know on how to use and what it does

I need 3 examples and thank you for taking your time on reading this

[MrOnlyKemal]

function add_one(number)
return number + 1
end

print(add_one(1)) -- 2

[FroDev1002 (FroDev)]

Returns can be quite useful! They allow you to return info, and stop code in its tracks! So here are some examples

-- returning data
local function getData()
 local data = {}
 return data
end

local data = getData() -- this will give us the data table we created in the getData function, we can return just about everything, from ints, to strings, to heck, the entire workspace!

-- we can also use it to check if theres a certain value, if not we stop the function from running
local function getCheeseLevel()
  if not player.HasCheese then return end -- we use return so the code after this point wont run, but this is only triggered if the player doesnt have cheese or whatever lol
  return player.CheeseLevel -- this will run if the if statement above doesnt have its requirement's met, hence not returning, meaning this code will run
end

-- now say we did this in a script
local bean = false
return
print(bean)
-- this wouldnt work as the return stops any code from being triggered after it, except for the case of a function, where if you trigger a return in it, it will stop code in the function, and not the entire script as a whole, but when using it straight up in the script, well it stops all code. Im sure theres a better word for this but I cant think of it.

-- more to note:
return -- if we just use return by itself it will return nil, or nothing. But if we give it a value to return it will pass said value, as shown with my examples above.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask! I know return was a little complicated when I started so I’d be glad to help you out!

[MGC_MAD5 (Faithful2christ)]

tysm, I understood this very well. I will never forget you

[FroDev1002 (FroDev)]

Thanks! Just trying to help everyone out around here! :D