Question

What is the difference between this two ways of returning value in a function in VB.NET?

Using Return Statement:

Public Function Foo() As String
    Return "Hello World"
End Function

Using Assignment:

Public Function Foo() As String
    Foo = "Hello World"
End Function

I’m using the first one then I saw someone using the second. I wonder if there’s a benefit I could get using the second.

Answer 1

Its a legacy carry over from basic days.

Return will leave the scope immediately, while assignment wont.