What is the use of void in AS3

Question

What is the use of void in Action Script 3.0?

Can any one give brief explanation with example?

Answer 1

void is an actionscript keyword, used to define no return type in function signature, and force compiler to ristrict/check it

eg

public function func():void
{
  //do some thing
}

above function retuns nothing

Hopefully this will helps

Answer 2

It's a function type. It means that it doesn't return any data By default Flash always expect to return a value. If you write a function like this for example: ActionScript Code:

function myFunction(){

}

Flash assumes that returning a value is still possible and so watch for it which uses ressources. When you specify :void you are actually telling Flash to not expect any return value so Flash does not waste resources watching for it.

Answer 3

Easiest way for me to remember it is that it is a function that carries out an action (in other words does something) rather than returns something.

Example:

function myFunction(event:MouseEvent): void   
{ this.play; //or some other action}
//the above function returns nothing


function mySum(a:int, b:int): int
{var myresult:int = a+b;
return myresult;}
//the above function would return the sum of two integers that you passed into it