\section return return - Stop the innermost currently evaluated function \subsection return-synopsis Synopsis <tt>function NAME; [COMMANDS...] break [STATUS]; [COMMANDS...] end</tt> \subsection return-description Description The \c return builtin is used to halt a currently running function. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an <a href="#if">if</a> statement or a <a href="#switch">switch</a> statement to conditionally stop the executing function and return to the caller. - \c STATUS is the return status of the function. If unspecified, the status is set to 0. \subsection return-example Example The following code is an implementation of the false program as a fish builtin <p> <pre>function false return 1 end</pre> </p>