# \[Pitch\] Last expression as return value

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**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-last-expression-as-return-value/76958 "2025-01-02T00:37:10Z")\
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Another option is to collect only the first value in a loop, which makes more sense if "some\_keyword\_here" means "return". This option would need an extension of the syntax with an else part (see [comment in previous pitch](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-multi-statement-if-switch-do-expressions/68443/478)).  
It would also allow while loops, which may not end otherwise. Or double loops, or more complex control structures.

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