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Return type

In computer programming, the return type (or result type) defines and constrains the data type of the value returned from a subroutine or method. In many programming languages (especially statically-typed programming languages such as C, C++, Java) the return type must be explicitly specified when declaring a function.

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Avg. degree1.87
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Cinstance ofespecially statically-typed programming languages0.80text
Return typerelated to Returning a value from a methodTo0.60section
Return typerelated to Returning a value from a methodWithin0.60section

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