Thread: how to tell program to stop!

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    how to tell program to stop!

    Hi!

    im writing a program that prints an entered date in words
    i just want to know if there is anyway i can tell my program to stop at a specific point
    example, if this thing is true, then dont go on to do the rest of the program for that condition
    thanku

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    Provide more details, perhaps the code snippet that needs to be modified.

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    put this in main()
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    return 0;

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    exit(1);

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    Quote Originally Posted by rags_to_riches View Post
    exit(1);
    exit(1) indicates improper termination,so exit(0) should be used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BEN10 View Post
    exit(1) indicates improper termination,so exit(0) should be used.
    Unless you're exiting because of an error, like file not found... then exit(1) or some other number would be appropriate.
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