[2.0] How to do a clean exit from console application.

[bnathvbdotnet]

Based on the result of my checking, I would like to exit out from the console application decently without throwing any exceptions.

static void Main(string[] args)
{

//Check to see if today is a US Holiday.
If(Holiday.IsUSHoliday(DateTime.Today));
//close the program and how to do that?

}

[mendhak]

Try:

return;

[ComputerJy]

Try:

return;

it works in C, C++, Java and I bit it'd work in C#

[penagate]

Using the return keyword anywhere except for the last line of a procedure is spaghetti code. You should structure your if{} blocks in a manner such that if the condition arises where the application should exit, the code path naturally jumps to the end of the Main() procedure.

For example:

// Bad:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
  if (Holiday.IsUSHoliday(DateTime.Today)) {
    return;
  }

  // rest of code
}


// Good:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
  if (!Holiday.IsUSHoliday(DateTime.Today)) {
    // rest of code
  }
}

[mendhak]

Using the return keyword anywhere except for the last line of a procedure is spaghetti code.

Does this mean that Italians aren't very good coders?

[tr333]

you could just use

Environment.Exit(0);

when you want to exit from the program. more info on msdn.