Return

[Allan Hayes]

In view of the recent thread on Holding Arguments in a Second Argument List
the following notes on Return may be of interest:

If Return[x] is generated as a value in Do or Scan then x is immediately
returned;
If Return[x] is generated as an entry in CompoundExpression or as a value
of the body of a While or For loop then Return[x] (not x) is immediately
returned;
If Return[x] is generated as the value of a user-defined function then the
function returns x (not Return[x])
Otherwise Return[x] behaves as a ordinary expression.

EXAMPLES

Do[Return[2],{4}]
Scan[If[#>1,Return[#]]&, {1,2,3}]

2

2

1;Return[2];3
While[True, Return[2]]
For[1,True,2, Return[2]]

Return[2]

Return[2]

Return[2]

f[x_]:= Return[x]
f[2]

2

{Return[2]}

{Return[R[2]]}
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Allan

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