Question

I have a return statement that was used in this Stackover answer, that I can’t quite understand. Here it is:

return maxWidth > $this.width() || maxHeight > $this.height();

What does it mean to return something in way?

I’ll edit the title of this question after an answer as soon as I know what it is 🙂

Answer 1

It’s the equivalent of:

if (maxWidth > $this.width() || maxHeight > $this.height()) {
  return true;
} else {
  return false;
}

In other words, if either maxWidth is greater than the width() of $this or maxHeight is greater than the height() of $this, it will return true; otherwise, it will return false.