Return types

A function can produce an output value with a return statement.

Once the return statement is performed, no further instructions in the function are evaluated. The return value is used as the computed result of the function call.

There are multiple ways to fix the program below so the race finishers are printed in the correct order.

If a function parameter has multiple possible data types, TypeScript will try to infer a more specific data type when an if, else if, and else statements is used within the function.

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