Thread: return 0 to main from within a function, is this possible?

You can use the exit() function, which quits your program with the return code provided as the first parameter. But it's use is generally to be avoided because it messes up code flow.

It is generally better to use a special return value or an exception. Or restructure your code such that you use an object to store state, and have the return value be solely as an indicator of what to do next.

Originally Posted by elninio

For example;

Code:

int func (int someval){
  if (someval == 3) {
   // make int main return 0;
  }
  return 0;
}

int main (){
  for (int i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i++){
    func(i);
  }
  return 0;
}

Code:

int func (int someval){
  if (someval == 3) {
   return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

int main (){
  for (int i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i++){
    if ( func(i) ) {return 0;}
  }
   return 0;
}

Originally Posted by Neo1

Code:

int func (int someval){
  if (someval == 3) {
   return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

int main (){
  for (int i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i++){
    if ( func(i) ) {return 0;}
  }
   return 0;
}

func should probably return bool in this example, however. Or an enum, which main will then check.
Returning an integer and comparing it as bool is more C-style than C++ since there is a dedicated type for it...

Originally Posted by Elkvis

sorry to go off topic, but I had to say, King Mir, that I love your sig. Reminds me of what Oma Desala said to Daniel Jackson:

"Because it is so clear it takes a long time to realize it. If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, the meal was cooked a long time ago."

My favorites will always be:

"The success or failure of your deeds does not add up to the sum of your life. Your spirit cannot be weighed. Judge yourself by the intention of your actions and by the strength with which you faced the challenges that have stood in your way."

and

"The universe is vast and we are so small. There is only one thing we can ever truly control. Whether we are good or evil."

they are very similar to certain Buddhist sayings, which I'm guessing is the source of your sig, and while they were spoken by a fictional character, that does not diminish the truth that they contain.

My sig is indeed from a Budhist text called the The Gateless Gate. I believe it to be the original source of the SG1 quote. Stargate SG1 made a point of this poem being hard to understand, but it seems the problem was in translation and context. Yet in it's first appearance in the series the context was made clear by the next line which is given here (this is the original Zen version):
Lightning flashes,
Sparks shower.
In one blink of your eyes
You have missed seeing.