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return - Return from a procedure
return ?-code code? ?-errorinfo info? ?-errorcode code? ?string? _________________________________________________________________
Return immediately from the current procedure (or top-level command or source command), with string as the return value. If string is not specified then an empty string will be returned as result.
In the usual
case where the -code option isn’t specified the
procedure │ will return normally (its
completion code will be TCL_OK). However, │
the -code option may be used to generate an
exceptional return from the │ procedure.
Code may have any of the following values:
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ok │
Normal return: same as if the option is omitted. │
error │
Error return: same as if the error command were used to │ terminate the procedure, except for handling of errorInfo and │ errorCode variables (see below). │
return │
The current procedure will return with a completion code of │ TCL_RETURN, so that the procedure that invoked it will return │ also. │
break │
The current procedure will return with a completion code of │ TCL_BREAK, which will terminate the innermost nested loop in │ the code that invoked the current procedure. │
continue │
The current procedure will return with a completion code of │ TCL_CONTINUE, which will terminate the current iteration of │ the innermost nested loop in the code that invoked the │ current procedure. │
value │
Value must be an integer; it will be returned as the │ completion code for the current procedure. │
The -code option is rarely used. It is provided so that procedures │ that implement new control structures can reflect exceptional │ conditions back to their callers. │
Two additional options, -errorinfo and -errorcode, may be used to │ provide additional information during error returns. These options are │ ignored unless code is error. │
The -errorinfo option specifies an initial stack trace for the │ errorInfo variable; if it is not specified then the stack trace left │ in errorInfo will include the call to the procedure and higher levels │ on the stack but it will not include any information about the context │ of the error within the procedure. Typically the info value is │ supplied from the value left in errorInfo after a catch command trapped │ an error within the procedure. │
If the -errorcode option is specified then code provides a value for │ the errorCode variable. If the option is not specified then errorCode │ will default to NONE.
break, continue, error, procedure, return