Function returns undefined unless specified otherwise

📅 Jun 16, 2019 · 📝 Apr 30, 2020 · ☕ 1 min read

Why is my function returning undefined when I have not mentioned that anywhere.

The crux of the issue is in the topic header.

All functions have to return something. If nothing is specified, they return undefined.

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function doSomething() {
  // do something
}

const something = doSomething();
console.log("something: ", something);
// undefined

You may however chose to ignore receiving something from the function.

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function doSomething() {
  // do something
}

doSomething();

Typically, I like to return at least a true or false - just for the heck of it. That’s overengineering to some, but that’s ok.

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function doSomething() {
  // do something
  return true;
}

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Prashanth Krishnamurthy

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