is exit a safe command

[Shekhar Singh]

hi , in documentation for exit command it is specifically written that the command does not work well . it exit current thread or sometimes whole script , does that mean the script runs in background while using exit command .

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
if you think the command Exit does not work well, then you have not understood the documentation well.
Even if Exit is not explicitly in the script, every Autohotkey v1.1 script contains this command. Try to run this

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Switch

and you will see it in the error window.

[DevWithCoffee]

The exit command is for finishing the Script itself, probably you want to close a GUI, but in that case you should use:
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/Gui.htm#Destroy

Now if you are running routines you need to learn how to use Loop:
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/Loop.htm#ExBreakContinue

Something I highly recommend:
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/Concepts.htm#boolean

One thing I recommend is always using some means to analyze the variables in your scripts in real time, remembering to remove them later. I use this one to keep the Debug window from getting in the way of testing operations:
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/ToolTip.htm

Example:

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... Public Variables ...
Loop
{
	... My Script ...
	Tooltip % "Var 1: " myvar "`nVar 2:" myvar2
	If (condition to break...)
	{
		break
	}
	Sleep 10
}
ExitApp

[iseahound]

The exit command ends the current thread.

If you use a hotkey

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h:: Exit

pressing H will launch a new thread and end the new thread

but if you put Exit in the main thread,

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MsgBox
Exit

it will exit the main thread, and because the main thread is the script, it will exit the script itself.

However, if you say the main thread can never be exited,

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#persistent
MsgBox
Exit

Then Exit does nothing (I think).

[Shekhar Singh]

Hi , @icehound
if used as hotkey than will it exit the current script.

[iseahound]

It's working fine for me on v2

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and v1

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