Return while defining a function?

Question

So I’m a bit confused, in python; what exactly does the “return” command do? Because I’ve seen it in the lessons and used it but it never actually explains what it indeed does

Answer 1

The return statement is used inside a function to send a value back to the place where the function was called. Once a return statement is executed, the function ends, and the value specified by return is given back.

For example:
def add(a, b):
return a + b

result = add(5, 3) # The function returns 8, so result is 8
print(result)

Answer 2

Ziggy Ghost ,

see some explanations and a code sample to understand the `return` statement:

https://sololearn.com/compiler-playground/c8w79FUr1j7u/?ref=app