How to get a return value?

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In JavaScript is there any way of stopping a function from carrying out an action but still get its return value? I would like to obtain the currentPosition of a game piece on a game board. What would be the best way to do this?

Here is some of my code:

let pieceOne = document.getElementById('piece-one');
let pieceTwo = document.getElementById('piece-two');
let squares = document.getElementsByClassName('board-square');
let currentPosition1 = 0;
let currentPosition2 = 0;
const board = [
    'recharge',
    'city-garden',
    'earthship',
    'hydroponics',
    'ev-car',
    'greenway',
    'cycle-path',
    'greenspace',
    'hydroelectric',
    'solar-farm',
    'community-work',
    'habitat-survey'
];

function movePiece() {
    let diceRoll = rollDice();
    if (currentPlayer === 'player1') {
        currentPosition1 += diceRoll;
        if (currentPosition1 >= board.length) {
            currentPosition1 -= board.length;
        }
        let currentSquare = squares[currentPosition1];
        currentSquare.appendChild(pieceOne);
        currentPlayer = players[1];
    } else {
        currentPosition2 += diceRoll;
        if (currentPosition2 >= board.length) {
            currentPosition2 -= board.length;
        }
        let currentSquare = squares[currentPosition2];
        currentSquare.appendChild(pieceTwo);
        currentPlayer = players[0];
    } if (currentPlayer = players[1]) {
        return currentPosition1;
    } else {
        return currentPosition2;
    }
}

I don’t know if it’s possible but I would like to return the values without the dice rolling or the pieces moving.

>Solution :

define position as a var giving it global scope. separate the movePosition() from
getPosition(). the trick here is making position global. let will define the variable within its scope. Of course, you don’t need a function to get position

var position;
movePiece();
console.log(getPosition())
console.log(position);

function movePiece() {
  position = 5;

}

function getPosition() {
  return position;
}