returnvalue

returnvalue — The value returned by a function.

Synopsis

returnvalue ::=

Description

A returnvalue identifies the value returned by a function or command.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Attributes

Common linking attributes.

any attribute

Any attribute in any other explicit namespace

Children

The following elements occur in returnvalue: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.

Examples

1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  |<title>Example returnvalue</title>
  | 
  |<para>The <function>open</function> function returns <returnvalue>2</returnvalue>
5 |(<errorname>ENOFILE</errorname>) if the file does not exist.
  |</para>
  | 
  |</article>

The open function returns 2 (ENOFILE) if the file does not exist.