Normally a function is one or several expressions separated by a semicolon, and the value of the last expression is returned. This is fine for simple functions, but sometimes you do not want a function to return the last thing calculated. You may, for example, want to return from a middle of a function. In this case, you can use the return keyword. return takes one argument, which is the value to be returned.
Example:
function f(x) = ( y=1; while true do ( if x>50 then return y; y=y+1; x=x+1 ) )