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Comment by jonny_eh | Hacker News Reader

ok, so what does this print?

    try {
      return console.log('one');
    } catch(err) {
      return console.log('two');
    } finally {
      return console.log('three');
    }

Tip: The results are "odd".

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Not sure I'm call them odd -- it prints the same thing that would be printed without the "returns" (i.e., if the blocks contained only console.log calls), which is what I'd expect it to print: 'one' followed by 'three'. You're maybe thrown off because, while only one return statement can successfully return a value from the function, more than one can be executed, with their values evaluated.

> 'one' followed by 'three'

Right! Those are the "odd" numbers! ;)

What's "odd" about it? It does exactly what I'd expect.

One and three are "odd" numbers

Uncaught SyntaxError: Illegal return statement

You're trying to return the result of console.log, which is undefined, which you cannot return explicitly

You very much can return `undefined`, it's just that `return` only works inside of a function, not if you just copy the block of code into the console :)

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