Solidity 061ReturnValues

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0

pragma solidity >=0.7.0 <0.9.0;

// Define a contract named ReturningValues

contract ReturningValues {

    // Function demonstrates returning a value using the `return` opcode in assembly

    function usingReturnOpcode() public pure returns (uint256) {

        assembly {

            // Store a temporary value (10) in memory at location 0x0

            let temp := 10

            mstore(0x0, temp)

            // Use the `return` opcode to return the data in memory starting at 0x0 of size 32 bytes

            // This effectively returns the value 10 to the caller

            return(0x0, 32)

        }

    }

    // Function demonstrates returning a value by assigning it to the named return variable

    function usingReturnVariable() public pure returns (uint256 retval) {

        assembly {

            // Store a temporary value (10) in an assembly variable

            let temp := 10

            // Assign the value of `temp` to the named return variable `retval`

            retval := temp

        }

        // The value of `retval` is automatically returned to the caller

    }

}