Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!gordon From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Comparing strings... Message-ID: <1990Oct17.025724.29690@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 17 Oct 90 02:57:24 GMT References: <2205.271700c2@cc.nu.oz.au> <1990Oct13.190106.15615@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <10678.271ade27@amherst.bitnet> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 6 Yes, the return() statement (keyword?) means that execution of the current function is stopped, and control passes to the calling procedure (pending evaluation of return()'s argument, of course).