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Return statement
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computer_programming/QmSsFnu0">computer programming</a>, a return statement causes <a href="/facts/Execution_(computing)/1fyfGMFm">execution</a> to leave the current <a href="/facts/Subroutine/9vFJrg0A">subroutine</a> and resume at the point in the code immediately after the instruction which called the subroutine, known as its return address. The return address is saved by the calling routine, today usually on the <a href="/facts/Process_(computing)/Vcq7EnUV">process</a>'s <a href="/facts/Call_stack/1sMt713v">call stack</a> or in a <a href="/facts/Register_(computing)/32RvbUdz">register</a>. Return statements in many <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a> allow a function to specify a return value to be passed back to the <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">code</a> that called the function. </p>