<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="task" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Use the RETURN command" /> <meta name="abstract" content="The Return (RETURN) command in a CL procedure or OPM program removes that procedure or OPM program from the call stack." /> <meta name="description" content="The Return (RETURN) command in a CL procedure or OPM program removes that procedure or OPM program from the call stack." /> <meta name="DC.subject" content="RETURN (Return) command, Return (RETURN) command, command, CL" /> <meta name="keywords" content="RETURN (Return) command, Return (RETURN) command, command, CL" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="passc.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/callprc.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/monmsg.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/return.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="retur" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Use the RETURN command</title> </head> <body id="retur"><a name="retur"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Use the RETURN command</h1> <div><p>The <span class="cmdname">Return (RETURN)</span> command in a CL procedure or OPM program removes that procedure or OPM program from the call stack.</p> <div class="section"> <p>If the procedure containing the <span class="cmdname">Return (RETURN)</span> command was called by a <span class="cmdname">Call Bound Procedure (CALLPRC)</span> command, control is returned to the next sequential statement after that <span class="cmdname">Call Bound Procedure (CALLPRC)</span> command in the calling program.</p> <p>If a <span class="cmdname">Monitor Message (MONMSG)</span> command specifies an action that ends with a <span class="cmdname">Return (RETURN)</span> command, control is returned to the next sequential statement after the statement that called the procedure or program containing the <span class="cmdname">Monitor Message (MONMSG)</span> command.</p> <p>The <span class="cmdname">Return (RETURN)</span> command has no parameters. </p> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If you have a <span class="cmdname">Return (RETURN)</span> command in an initial program, the command entry display is shown. You may wish to avoid this for security reasons.</div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="passc.htm" title="This presents different options for passing control to a procedure.">Pass control</a></div> </div> <div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br /> <div><a href="../cl/callprc.htm">Call Bound Procedure (CALLPRC) command</a></div> <div><a href="../cl/monmsg.htm">Monitor Message (MONMSG) command</a></div> <div><a href="../cl/return.htm">Return (RETURN) command</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>