# RETURN

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| **RETURN** | **\! from traditional subroutine** |
| **RETURN (<expression>)** | **\! from SBX, setting return function value** |


In the first case—when used without any arguments—RETURN transfers control back to the statement following the last GOSUB, i.e. returns from a traditional BASIC subroutine.

The second case—when followed by an expression—can be optionally used prior to the end of an SBX routine to push a value on to the expression stack, allowing the SBX routine to be called as a function using [XFUNC()](xfunc().md) (which see, along with [Call SBX as a Function](ag_xfunc.md), for details). Note that if the SBX routine is called by the XCALL or VXCALL statements, the RETURN <expression> statement will be treated as the equivalent of END, which returns to the caller without any value pushed on the expression stack.