A return; statement with nothing after it is redundant, and has no effect on the runtime behavior of a function. This can be confusing, so it's better to disallow these redundant statements.

Rule Details

This rule aims to report redundant return statements.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

::: incorrect

/* eslint no-useless-return: "error" */

const foo = function() { return; }

const bar = function() {
  doSomething();
  return;
}

const baz = function() {
  if (condition) {
    qux();
    return;
  } else {
    quux();
  }
}

const item = function() {
  switch (bar) {
    case 1:
      doSomething();
    default:
      doSomethingElse();
      return;
  }
}

:::

Examples of correct code for this rule:

::: correct

/* eslint no-useless-return: "error" */

const foo = function() { return 5; }

const bar = function() {
  return doSomething();
}

const baz = function() {
  if (condition) {
    qux();
    return;
  } else {
    quux();
  }
  qux();
}

const item = function() {
  switch (bar) {
    case 1:
      doSomething();
      return;
    default:
      doSomethingElse();
  }
}

const func = function() {
  for (const foo of bar) {
    return;
  }
}

:::

When Not To Use It

If you don't care about disallowing redundant return statements, you can turn off this rule.