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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Conditional ints

Kevin Zheng
Kevin Zheng
670 Points
Posted by Kevin Zheng
Kevin Zheng
670 Points

system.exit(0)

Hello! Thank you for taking your time and read this. I am not sure what System.exit(0) mean. Especially, why do I put 0 inside the function.

Conditional.java 
int numberOfPeople =3 ;
if (numberOfPeople < 4) { 
  console.printf("Your table is ready.");
  System.exit(0);
                }

1 Answer

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

Hey Kevin,

In real simple terms, it simply means to exit the program. The 0 is just the exit code. You dont need to know the numbering as you won't really be using this throughout the course. It will basically force exit the program before your program ends

Hope that made some sense,

Happy coding!!