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Program Termination | Microsoft Docs

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11/04/2016

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cpp-language

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language-reference

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C++

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terminating execution

quitting applications

exiting applications

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mikeblome

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mblome

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cplusplus

Program Termination

In C++, there are several ways to exit a program:

Call the exit function.
Call the abort function.
Execute a return statement from main.

See Also

main: Program Startup