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VisualShaderNodeExpression
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**Inherits:** :ref:`VisualShaderNodeGroupBase<class_VisualShaderNodeGroupBase>` **<** :ref:`VisualShaderNodeResizableBase<class_VisualShaderNodeResizableBase>` **<** :ref:`VisualShaderNode<class_VisualShaderNode>` **<** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`VisualShaderNodeGlobalExpression<class_VisualShaderNodeGlobalExpression>`

A custom visual shader graph expression written in Godot Shading Language.

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Description
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Custom Godot Shading Language expression, with a custom number of input and output ports.

The provided code is directly injected into the graph's matching shader function (``vertex``, ``fragment``, or ``light``), so it cannot be used to declare functions, varyings, uniforms, or global constants. See :ref:`VisualShaderNodeGlobalExpression<class_VisualShaderNodeGlobalExpression>` for such global definitions.

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Properties
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   | :ref:`String<class_String>` | :ref:`expression<class_VisualShaderNodeExpression_property_expression>` | ``""`` |
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Property Descriptions
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:ref:`String<class_String>` **expression** = ``""`` :ref:`🔗<class_VisualShaderNodeExpression_property_expression>`

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- |void| **set_expression**\ (\ value\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ )
- :ref:`String<class_String>` **get_expression**\ (\ )

An expression in Godot Shading Language, which will be injected at the start of the graph's matching shader function (``vertex``, ``fragment``, or ``light``), and thus cannot be used to declare functions, varyings, uniforms, or global constants.

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