# `return`

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## Table of contents

-   [Overview](#overview)
-   [Relevant proposals](#relevant-proposals)

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## Overview

The `return` statement ends the flow of execution within a function, returning
execution to the caller. If the function returns a value to the caller, that
value is provided by an expression in the return statement. For example:

```carbon
fn Sum(Int a, Int b) -> Int {
  return a + b;
}
```

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## Relevant proposals

-   [Initial syntax](/proposals/p0415.md)
-   [`return` with no argument](/proposals/p0538.md)