who can help me to understand what is **return** in coding, thanks

[upper canyon]

local function hello ()
    print(`hi`)
    return `awesome`
end

local hotdog = hello()
print(hotdog)```

[tight rapids]

** You are now Level 1! **

[upper canyon]

hello guys and i need help

i need to understand what is return meaning in scripting

im watching theDevKing tutorials and i dont understand function repeat

[hot ravine]

hi

return basically ends the code and anything next to it will run whenever it ends

[upper canyon]

ahhh

maybe i get it

@hot ravine

if my code looks like this

local function hello ()
    print(`hi`)
    return `awesome`
end

local hotdog = hello()
print(hotdog)```

why i need to write at the end local hotdog = hello()

[hot ravine]

wha

[upper canyon]

why i cant just write hello()

instead of local hotdog = hello()

[hot ravine]

what

[upper canyon]

local function hello ()
    print(`hi`)
    return `awesome`
end

local hotdog = hello()
print(hotdog)```

whis is what i wrote

[hot ravine]

what about it

[upper canyon]

local function hello ()
    print(`hi`)
    return `awesome`
end

hello()```

[hot ravine]

ok

[upper canyon]

why cant i just write this

[hot ravine]

uh

what

[upper canyon]

do you good at script?

[hot ravine]

yes

[upper canyon]

so look

when my code looks like this

it prints hi and awesome

but why it doesnt write awesome

[tight rapids]

** You are now Level 2! **

[hot ravine]

bc

ok

i explained it wrong

let me reexplain

[upper canyon]

do you understand what i mean?

[hot ravine]

local function getNumber()
  local number = math.random(10)
  return number
end

print(getNumber())

returning awesome basically sets the value of the function to 'awesome'

ig

[hot ravine]

;compile

[worldly reef]

Program Output

8

dev_22a | lua | lua-5.4.3 | wandbox.org

[hot ravine]

see

it sets the functions value to the random number

[upper canyon]

yee

[hot ravine]

thats the explanation

[upper canyon]

but

why we cant jusy

wait i will recode it

oh wait

im more confuesd

confused

[hot ravine]

what

[upper canyon]

so wait what is return doing

how it works

[hot ravine]

😭

[round talon]

it return a something

and stops code from running

[hot ravine]

it can either restart the code OR set value of smt

depending how you use it

thats the simplest explanation i can give

🙏

[upper canyon]

im so dump i cant understand it like second day

[round talon]

u have a ffunction

[upper canyon]

thats hardest one i think

yes

[round talon]

u execute a function and it runs it right?

by execute i mean call or whatever u name it

[upper canyon]

ok

[round talon]

ye so

[hot ravine]

and returning

[round talon]

do u know how functions work?

[hot ravine]

returns a value

[round talon]

like how to call it

[upper canyon]

local function?

[round talon]

do you know how to call a function?

like make it execute code inside it

[upper canyon]

aaahh

yes

[round talon]

so you do ffunctionname()

ok so

[upper canyon]

local function sss()

end

sss()

[round talon]

yea yea

[upper canyon]

im know base i have learned it last week

and now im learning what i dont understand

[round talon]

return inside function, will stop the code (the function) running, and return a specific value (defined by you, or nil)

if you do

local test = sss()

and the sss function has a return

the test will be set to whatever the return returns

[upper canyon]

oh wait wait wai maybe i get it little

tell me more about it

[round talon]

if u have a function

local function sss()
print("HI")
return true
print("HI AGAIN")
end

and do

local test = sss()

the function will normally be executed, but test will be set to true (as there is return true)

and u will only see "HI" not "HI AGAIN" as return STOPS rest of code from working (inside the function)

[hot ravine]

nice one @round talon

[round talon]

uhhhhhhh

[hot ravine]

it wont work bc you put print after return

and return stops the function

😭

[round talon]

thought it woulld still work just not show

mb

[round talon]

@hot ravine thought this will happend

but work tho

[upper canyon]

im still confused

did i that dunp?

dump

[hot ravine]

what

[round talon]

ye so just remove 2nd print

wanted to show, that it wont work but its erroring

[hot ravine]

yes!

[upper canyon]

Hi

it prints hi

[hot ravine]

bc youre calling the function

[round talon]

and test is being set to true

[hot ravine]

and not printing the function

yhes

wkizi youre so smart

[round talon]

i gave bad ish example

shut the fuck up

[hot ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-gif-26885944

[upper canyon]

im trying to understand

and when

why it prints

Hi

true

[round talon]

bc

like i said

doing local test = sss()

will execute the sss function

and set the variable test to whatever it returns, in this case it returns true

[hot ravine]

bc returning true sets the value of the function to true

😭

what if

while false do

🙏

[upper canyon]

oh fuck

i tried

to do

[round talon]

bro is breaking the universe

[upper canyon]

but i still dont understand btw

[round talon]

ye so no dont do that

[round talon]

bruh

[hot ravine]

@loud hamlet

[round talon]

what do u not understand

-_-

[hot ravine]

js send the damn message

😭

[upper canyon]

who is this guy

[loud hamlet]

local function sss()
   local Number = math.random(1,10)

  return Number
end

local test = sss()

print(test)

Try this

[upper canyon]

prodev2015?

[loud hamlet]

mg gang

[hot ravine]

thats what i showed before

😭

[loud hamlet]

i didnt read

[hot ravine]

and its the same example as wkizi's showing

[upper canyon]

i tried

[loud hamlet]

[hot ravine]

okay

CONFUSEDKID

[upper canyon]

🖕

[round talon]

@upper canyon what do u not understand

once again

[hot ravine]

returning in a function sets the value of the function to whatever you return

[upper canyon]

i dont understand what i dont understand

[hot ravine]

WHAt do you not FUCKING FUNDERSATND

[upper canyon]

but i dont understand something

[hot ravine]

what is it

[hot ravine]

what do you understand

[loud hamlet]

I cant with this thread

[hot ravine]

😭

[round talon]

how did we take 179 (now 180) messages to explain what return is

and fail

😭

[hot ravine]

bc this kid is sped

[upper canyon]

okay so

wait

[loud hamlet]

just read the creator documentation page at this point

if there even is one

[hot ravine]

last time

[upper canyon]

i tried to find it

[tight rapids]

** You are now Level 3! **

[upper canyon]

eee lvl 3😎

[hot ravine]

a return sets the value of a function to whatever

😭

[loud hamlet]

Also they said they'd give me Scripter 1 but they just closed my ticket and didnt give me scripter 1

[round talon]

if u do
local test = sss()

what will happend is

1. sss function will be EXECUTED
2. test will be set to WHATEVER the function returns (example. if function has return true, test will be set to true)

[hot ravine]

that means you got declined for s1

how does your s1 app get denied

[loud hamlet]

They literally said that I was elligible for it

[hot ravine]

then why dont you have it

!?

[round talon]

s1 will get u bullied more then s0

ngl

[loud hamlet]

Good question

[upper canyon]

okay

so

local function sss()
    local Number = math.random(1,10)

    return Number
end

local test = sss()

print(test)```

[round talon]

bc, if u are s1, they know u only know enough for s1, when s0 can know as much as s4 (just not tested)

and bc with s0 u always say u are a ffucking moron and no one wil question
:D

[upper canyon]

why we need to write at the end

local test = sss()

print(test)```

[round talon]

write the print(test) ?

[hot ravine]

because calling the function isnt printing the value of the FUCKING FUNCTION

YOU IDIOT

[autumn hedge]

lmao wtf

[hot ravine]

😭

[round talon]

the reason to why printing test at the end
is bc u cant print something, before u set it

[hot ravine]

widawwy

[round talon]

@hot ravine i think u need to take catnip i mean sealnip

or whatever its called

frfr

[hot ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-gif-26885944

[loud hamlet]

Yall this has been going on for so long I forgot what return does

[autumn hedge]

what the fuck is a "coding"????

my brain???? what???

[hot ravine]

im genuinely losing braincells from ts

[upper canyon]

oh

wait!!

wait!!!

[round talon]

did he get it

omg

[upper canyon]

i still dont get it

[round talon]

nvm

[upper canyon]

nah do you really think i get it

[round talon]

what the fuck do not get

[loud hamlet]

[upper canyon]

okay wait

when we do a game

for what we use return

[round talon]

to see if something was sucess for example

[upper canyon]

can you write example

[round talon]

function does something, and if it works fine it returns true

so if u see that it returned true, it means it sucessed

[round talon]

no

no

[loud hamlet]

Is this kid trolling

[round talon]

the random number example was fine

it could be used

[upper canyon]

nah im not trolling

maybe its more confused for me because i speak other language

[round talon]

u speak english

u can

[upper canyon]

wait stop confusing me

[round talon]

understand it

[autumn hedge]

what language DO you speak

[round talon]

!!!! we spent over 250 messages explaining what return does!

[hot ravine]

local function returnValue (value)
  print('hello')

  value = math.random(10)
  return value
end

print(returnValue()) -- printing this will print the value of the value variable we made within the function.
returnValue() -- running the function will print hello and and not print the value made within the function cause were not printing the function.

[round talon]

can we get it to sub 300?!

[hot ravine]

peep ts

[loud hamlet]

Do you have an extra chromosome

[hot ravine]

;compile

[worldly reef]

Program Output

function: 0x55a46eab3df0
hello

dev_22a | lua | lua-5.4.3 | wandbox.org

[hot ravine]

oops

[round talon]

what the fuck is value sir?!

WHERE IS LOCAL

OK

[hot ravine]

;compile

[round talon]

HERE IT IS

[worldly reef]

Program Output

function: 0x5641cd564df0
hello

dev_22a | lua | lua-5.4.3 | wandbox.org

[upper canyon]

no but if i will understand return then i will get one

[hot ravine]

eh what ever

[autumn hedge]

???????

[loud hamlet]

[round talon]

print(variable())

i mean function

[hot ravine]

i forgot ()

[hot ravine]

;compile

[worldly reef]

Critical error:

You are sending requests too fast!

Requested by: dev_22a

[round talon]

;compile

[hot ravine]

;compile

[worldly reef]

Critical error:

You are sending requests too fast!

Requested by: dev_22a

Program Output

hello
4
hello

wkizi | lua | lua-5.4.3 | wandbox.org

[upper canyon]

guys

my dog is dying

[round talon]

so are our brains

talking in this

[hot ravine]

@upper canyon

[loud hamlet]

Eat it 🌏

[tight rapids]

** You are now Level 5! **

[hot ravine]

read this

now

[upper canyon]

this is not joke

[hot ravine]

r e a d

[round talon]

rip

[upper canyon]

okay okay sorry

im reading

[round talon]

wait, how old are you if i can ask..

the arm looks uhh

like u are not old enough to leggaly use discord

[upper canyon]

16

[round talon]

u either lying or that arm aint yours (on pic)

[upper canyon]

he has brain cancer

[round talon]

thats sad... but am talking about persons arm

[hot ravine]

thats not him

😭

itsa girl not a guy

[upper canyon]

wdym

its a girl

[hot ravine]

yea

[loud hamlet]

Ok I'm sorry about your dog and all but dont you think you're shifting the topic just a bit

[hot ravine]

the arm is a girls arm

not his arm

[upper canyon]

its my sister

[round talon]

did u just asume @upper canyon 's gender

how dare u

[hot ravine]

no

[round talon]

ah alr

[hot ravine]

dumbas

[round talon]

thought it was yours

[hot ravine]

dumbass

[upper canyon]

shut up

[hexed knot]

What is going on here

[upper canyon]

and lets talk about repeat

[hot ravine]

@upper canyon js read it

[upper canyon]

okay

[round talon]

return beats confusedkid

[hot ravine]

this guy dont understand returns even though we givin clear examples!?

[round talon]

(we going for sub 500 messages)

[hot ravine]

yes

[round talon]

we both ffucked up when showing the scripts btw

[hot ravine]

when

[round talon]

i did print after return

and u were printing function

not function()

[loud hamlet]

You should leave before you start losing braincells

[round talon]

[hot ravine]

i swear if blud still doesnt understand it

[upper canyon]

wait please

i understand it a bit after u tell me

[round talon]

uga booga, uga booga, @upper canyon , return is like your cat coming back with mouse in its teeth
the mouse is the returned thing

and in code , u set what the return should be

[upper canyon]

now all i need

to know it surely

wait

[loud hamlet]

No hate but why are most people in the #1020374354867007528 forum illiterate

[upper canyon]

no

[hot ravine]

bro

what do you NOT UNDERSTAND

[hexed knot]

function add(num1, num2)
return (num1 + num2)
end
local result = add(1, 2)
print(result) -- 3

[loud hamlet]

Just the people who ask the questions

[upper canyon]

my mother language is not english i can have some gramma problems

[hot ravine]

best example yet

[loud hamlet]

Same my gramma lives in ukraine

[upper canyon]

wait im tryna to understand

[round talon]

‼️ ‼️ WE PASSED 350 MESSAGES EXPLAINING RETURN! ‼️ ‼️

[hexed knot]

;complie

[upper canyon]

gramatic

[round talon]

;coompile

ffuck

[round talon]

;compile

[worldly reef]

Program Output

3

wkizi | lua | lua-5.4.3 | wandbox.org

[hexed knot]

I'm stupid

[upper canyon]

wait this is really good for me

[tight rapids]

** You are now Level 4! **

[hexed knot]

But yeah that's basically that

[round talon]

u just lost braincells

[loud hamlet]

yuh

@upper canyon

Please

just

understand

It isnt that hard

[round talon]

function catgo()
local mouse = "mouse that was running a minute ago"
return mouse
end

local hello = catgo()
print(hello)

[loud hamlet]

It really isnt

At this point just give up on your scripting career

[upper canyon]

no

[round talon]

it will print "mouse that was running a minute ago"

[loud hamlet]

Give up on game development

[upper canyon]

will not

[hot ravine]

CONFUSED KID

HOLY FUCK

PLEASE

UNDERSTAND TS

I CANT

😭

[upper canyon]

wait wait

will understand

[loud hamlet]

How can you be this confused

[hexed knot]

I'm giving up, I'm putting @upper canyon for adoption

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/write-in-luau-10-examples-of-h-Nt2oVjf7QLyAGbGh1bRKhg

[upper canyon]

😭😭

[loud hamlet]

Not even

[hexed knot]

Lucky you, an AI took your adoption papers. Now read.

[loud hamlet]

Im putting him down

Some random guy just DMed me asking me to play his shitty roblox game

[hallow orchid]

[upper canyon]

we can just write

function catgo()
local mouse = "mouse that was running a minute ago"
return mouse
end

print(catgo())```

?

[hot ravine]

no

[tranquil kite]

ngl I am no scripter, but even I don't know what return does

[hot ravine]

bro

[round talon]

sure

[hot ravine]

what

[round talon]

whyy no?

[round talon]

;compile

[worldly reef]

Program Output

mouse that was running a minute ago

wkizi | lua | lua-5.4.3 | wandbox.org

[round talon]

see

[hot ravine]

i meant yes but he keeps asking

[loud hamlet]

Yall he's starting to understand

[upper canyon]

wait there is no diff ?

[hot ravine]

hold

[loud hamlet]

Also we passed 400 messages

[willow glade]

omg are u still confused?

[hot ravine]

local function test()
  print("Hi")
  return true
end

print(test())
test()

[upper canyon]

not that much yet

wait look

[hot ravine]

he keeps asking why not just print(test())

[round talon]

well, diffrence in output between

local test = catgo()
print(test)

and just print(catgo())

Is none, its same

but in first example u just have a variable set to it

[upper canyon]

its not diff?

there is no diff yes?

i need to know it

tell me

[loud hamlet]

@upper canyon You're the reason theres a "Do not drink" label on bleach

[upper canyon]

yes or

[hexed knot]

In LuaU, return is a special word used in functions. When a function finishes its job, it can use return to send back a result. For example, if you have a function that adds two numbers, using return lets you get the answer back so you can use it later. This helps keep things organized and makes it easier to do more with your code! So, whenever you see a return, think of it as a way for the function to say, "Here’s what I found!".

[round talon]

if u print the catgo()

vs
if you set variable test to catgo()
and print test

There is NO diffrence IN OUTPUT
but in 2nd example, you have a variable set to that, where in first u dont have a variable

[tranquil kite]

thank you JeepBalls

[hexed knot]

BallsDeep

[upper canyon]

i fucking get it

[round talon]

LETS GOOOOOO

[loud hamlet]

FINALLY

[round talon]

@hot ravine WE DID IT

[hot ravine]

YES

[hexed knot]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[hot ravine]

time to leave this dumbass thread

[loud hamlet]

It only took yall 425 messages to do it

[round talon]

it took ONLY 425 MESSAGES

!!!!!!

[upper canyon]

but what is

for i,v do```

nah im joking guys

[round talon]

nvm i quit

[upper canyon]

i will create other theme for it

[upper canyon]

so guys last one give me some tiny tasks that i can do with return

[loud hamlet]

No

Im leaving

[upper canyon]

🖕

[loud hamlet]

Dont talk to me ever again

[upper canyon]

@loud hamlet😏

[red kite]

return the value of pi from a math based func

[upper canyon]

ohhhh

thanks

finally i get it

[red kite]

👍

what

wait 😭

no that is not what return does

[round talon]

make function which
creates a variable cookie with random value between 1 and 10

and if u have more then 5, it returns true
if less then 5, returns false

[red kite]

i think i confused u

[hexed knot]

It can also be used to stop a function from continuing by returning nothing, for example if it can't find the Player you can do: if not Player then return end

[round talon]

and like we said earier, return stops rest of code from running

so this will output nothing, and stop code from running

[red kite]

return, returns a value from a function for example

local function returnbanana()
 local banana = "banana"
  return banana

print(returnbanana())

[round talon]

reutrn

[hexed knot]

.

[upper canyon]

will know

[hexed knot]

@red kite

[upper canyon]

thanks

[hexed knot]

Np

[red kite]

yes?

[hexed knot]

Now get outta here

[hexed knot]

Nevermind

[red kite]

oke :p

[tight rapids]

** You are now Level 1! **

[red kite]

HOORAY

[upper canyon]

@round talon

am i cook?

[round talon]

interesting naming of function

but it should work

[upper canyon]

yes it isss

[round talon]

do u get it?

[upper canyon]

whats wrong

its cook

[upper canyon]

50/50

but i understand what it doing

[round talon]

nice

and yes its 50/50

[round talon]

well no, your function name is not cook, i tried to say your function name and i got timedout for a minute (thats why i took a minute to respond)

[upper canyon]

aaaa

lol

[round talon]

the name of your function is uhhh ye

[upper canyon]

you mean?

[round talon]

how the hell did bro not get automodded

[upper canyon]

🤔

[round talon]

anyways u know what that means or no

[upper canyon]

yes

thanks

[round talon]

alr lol

so change the name