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Thread: beginner's question

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    Red face beginner's question

    what does "System.exit()" mean?
    a good programmer can write a Java program in any language


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    Default Re: beginner's question

    System.exit(); //Terminates the currently running Java Virtual Machine.


    Source: System (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)

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    Default Re: beginner's question

    I don't know what that means... as I wrote, I'm a beginner...
    a good programmer can write a Java program in any language

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    Default Re: beginner's question

    It stops your currently running program.

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    Default Re: beginner's question

    yeah, so lets say you got an application with a button.
    And if you press the button "System.exit();" will be called, that means that your application will end(terminate) if you press the button

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    Default Re: beginner's question

    Quote Originally Posted by Brt93yoda View Post
    It stops your currently running program.
    Yep, if there is a particular point of the program where you would want to programmatically terminate the program, you would code:
    System.exit(0);