Need help java newbie question

Question

why does this code still prints "helloworld" when there is a word void before the sayHello() method?(i thought void means that it will not return anything?)

class MyClass {

static void sayHello() {
System.out.println("Hello World!");
}

public static void main(String[ ] args) {
sayHello();
}
}
// Outputs "Hello World!"

Answer 1

think of it like this...

static void Hello(){System.out.println("Hello World!");

main//

Hello(); //output "Hello World"

//is very similar to

static String x = "Hello World!";

//main

System.out.println(x); // output "Hello World!"

void is a return type it dosent return a string or an int it returns nothing when you call it its only printing hello world because the println method is attached to it..

Answer 2

It doesn't return anything. The words "Hello, World" are simply printed to the screen, and no value is returned to the main method after the sayHello() method is called.