Re: elisp how to return directly from a function

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"lalit mohan tripathi" <lalit.tripathi@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Everyone,
>  
>     Could anyone explain me how I can directly return from a defun in elisp.
>  
>     basically I have following type of code:
>  
>     ......... body of defun ............
>     ..........................................
>     (if condition01
>             (return 10)  ; return from this defun with value 10
>          t)
>   
>     .......... rest body of defun ....
>    ...........................................

If you really must:

(defun whatever ()
  (catch 'return
    (... body of defun ...
       (if condition01
           (throw 'return 10))
       ... rest body of defun ...
)))

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