Void (Function)
2025/12/27
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- 2025/12/27
void is the keyword used in GDScript to indicate that a function doesn't return anything.
This is useful to guarantee that a function doesn't return a value. Note that returning null is not the same as returning nothing. null is a value, while returning nothing means the function doesn't give you anything back.
For example, this is not valid GDScript:
func do_nothing() -> void:
return nullTo make it valid, you would need to return nothing:
func do_nothing() -> void:
passOr explicitly return nothing:
func do_nothing() -> void:
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