Property Getters & Setters

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mr_moon

In the class property descriptions, are the Getters and Setters class methods()?

Here is an example:

String text

Default "" Setter set_text(value) Getter get_text()

String value of the TextEdit.

SIsilicon28

Yep! Most if not all properties have their own getter and setter, and they're indeed all methods.

mr_moon

Is there any difference between these two:

$Label.text = "Level 1"

$Label.set_text("Level 1")

SIsilicon28

In most cases, no. There is no difference. They do the exact same thing. However, if you have a variable with a custom setter, then setting it from the script that has the variable will be different.

extends Something

var example = 0 setget set_example

func _ready():
    example = 1
    set_example(1) #This'll print something.

func set_example(value):
    example = value
    print("testing")

mr_moon

So your set_example(value) function is called every time the variable is changed?

SIsilicon28

Correct, but only if it's changed by something other than the script itself. :)

mr_moon

Thanks SIsilicon28