Return Statement - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

jimmy.age = 27;
jimmy.name = "jimmy";
If you change one of the public variables in the User class to a private variable, an error is
generated when trying to access the property.
See also
private statement

return statement

return[expression]
Specifies the value returned by a function. The statement evaluates and
return expression
returns the result as a value of the function in which it executes. The statement causes
return
execution to return immediately to the calling function. If the statement is used alone,
return
it returns
undefined.
You can't return multiple values. If you try to do so, only the last value is returned. In the
following example, is returned:
c
return a, b, c ;
If you need to return multiple values, you might want to use an array or object instead.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Returns
- The evaluated parameter, if provided.
String expression
Parameters
- A string, number, Boolean, array, or object to evaluate and return as a value of
expression
the function. This parameter is optional.
Example
The following example uses the statement inside the body of the function to
return sum()
return the added value of the three parameters. The next line of code calls and assigns
sum()
the returned value to the variable .
newValue
function sum(a:Number, b:Number, c:Number):Number {
return (a + b + c);
}
var newValue:Number = sum(4, 32, 78);
trace(newValue); // output: 114
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