Void and Main

Question

So in this code, Sololearn said that you when you place void with Main, it means that it doesn't return anything. I get that somthing like:

static int sum(int val1, int val2){
return val1 + val2;
}

it returns the sum of val1 and val2. but in:
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println(x);
}

Isn't this returning the x to the user?

Answer 1

It isn't , it is printing the value to standard output .

void functions don't return a value . If there was no void keyword , then you had to specify what type of value it should return and use return statement , even then it would return it to the standard output since a program calls the main method not the user.

Answer 2

No, It is not returning anything.
It is simply displaying x on console.

Answer 3

This might be off topic and I'm not sure if this works in Java, but in C# you can use the keyword return to exit/end a void method.