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<H3><A NAME="SEC34" HREF="ProgrammersManual_toc.html#TOC34">Returning a Value from a Verb</A></H3>

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The MOO program in a verb is just a sequence of statements.  Normally, when
the verb is called, those statements are simply executed in order and then the
integer 0 is returned as the value of the verb-call expression.  Using the
<SAMP>`return'</SAMP> statement, one can change this behavior.  The <SAMP>`return'</SAMP>
statement has one of the following two forms:

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return;
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or

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return <VAR>expression</VAR>;
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When it is executed, execution of the current verb is terminated immediately
after evaluating the given <VAR>expression</VAR>, if any.  The verb-call expression
that started the execution of this verb then returns either the value of
<VAR>expression</VAR> or the integer 0, if no <VAR>expression</VAR> was provided.

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