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Luqman Shah
3,016 PointsYou can have more than one return statement in a function.
I said no to this quiz question, but then I got it wrong and it said "yes, but only one will ever run." So essentially..NO LOL?
2 Answers
Rares Conea
Courses Plus Student 15,000 PointsHi Luqman, You can have as many return statement as you want. Let's say you have an if statement: if(condition){return value1;} else {return value2;}. Here you have 2 return statements but only one will run.
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsYou can have more than one "return" statement, and only one will run for a particular call of the function. There may be conditional tests that would cause a different one to run during a different call.
So these statements are both true and not exclusive.
Luqman Shah
3,016 PointsLuqman Shah
3,016 PointsAhh ok I understand, so yes one will only ever run as it's a conditional statement, but it'll have to be one or the other, since it is a conditional after all? It may be the if statement or the else statement?