what is the point of return in ruby?

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Published on 2011-01-05T06:42:47Z Indexed on 2011/01/05 6:53 UTC
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What is the difference between return and just putting a variable such as the following:

return

def write_code(number_of_errors)
    if number_of_errors > 1
       mood = "WTF"
    else
       mood = "No Problem"
    end  
   mood
end

no return

 def write_code(number_of_errors)
    if number_of_errors > 1
       mood =  "WTF"
    else
       mood = puts "No Problem"
    end  
  return mood
end

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