javascript return variable code example

Example 1: define function in javascript

/* Declare function */
function myFunc(param) {
  // Statements 
}

Example 2: jquery function return

function myFunction(p1, p2) {
  var a = "";
 $.post( "/url", function( data ) {a = data.result;});
  return a;
}

Example 3: return string from javascript function

<script>
function showName() {
  var result;
  result = addString('Hello', ' World');
  document.write (result );
}

// in below we will check how to return string from function
function addString(fName, lName) {
  var val;
  val = fName + lName;
  return val;  // returning string from function
}
</script>
<input type = "button" onclick = "showName()" value = "Result">
  
/*
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*/

Example 4: what does return do in javascript

function add(a, b) {
  return a + b; //Return stops the execution of this function
}

var sum = add(5, 24); //The value that was returned got but inside the variable sum