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.. _class_VisualScriptTypeCast:

VisualScriptTypeCast
====================

**Inherits:** :ref:`VisualScriptNode<class_VisualScriptNode>` **<** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

A Visual Script node that casts the given value to another type.

Description
-----------

``VisualScriptTypeCast`` will perform a type conversion to an :ref:`Object<class_Object>`-derived type.

Properties
----------

+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| :ref:`String<class_String>`         | :ref:`base_script<class_VisualScriptTypeCast_property_base_script>` | ``""``        |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` | :ref:`base_type<class_VisualScriptTypeCast_property_base_type>`     | ``&"Object"`` |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+

Property Descriptions
---------------------

.. _class_VisualScriptTypeCast_property_base_script:

- :ref:`String<class_String>` **base_script**

+-----------+------------------------+
| *Default* | ``""``                 |
+-----------+------------------------+
| *Setter*  | set_base_script(value) |
+-----------+------------------------+
| *Getter*  | get_base_script()      |
+-----------+------------------------+

The target script class to be converted to. If none, only the :ref:`base_type<class_VisualScriptTypeCast_property_base_type>` will be used.

----

.. _class_VisualScriptTypeCast_property_base_type:

- :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` **base_type**

+-----------+----------------------+
| *Default* | ``&"Object"``        |
+-----------+----------------------+
| *Setter*  | set_base_type(value) |
+-----------+----------------------+
| *Getter*  | get_base_type()      |
+-----------+----------------------+

The target type to be converted to.

.. |virtual| replace:: :abbr:`virtual (This method should typically be overridden by the user to have any effect.)`
.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`
.. |constructor| replace:: :abbr:`constructor (This method is used to construct a type.)`
.. |static| replace:: :abbr:`static (This method doesn't need an instance to be called, so it can be called directly using the class name.)`
.. |operator| replace:: :abbr:`operator (This method describes a valid operator to use with this type as left-hand operand.)`