Hmmmm, I've run into similar issues and generally it's far to late when I realize that I'm looping. However the Debugger can be your friend and since CTRL F2 breaks the execution things come up eventually. I'll ask around and spend some time on the issue and see if there might be a way for us to get out of this situation. Stay tuned. Jim James M. Corbett Programmer / Analyst | Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenue du Canada 875 Heron Rd. Ottawa, On. K1A0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone: (613) 941-1338 Facsimile | Télécopieur: (613) 941-2261 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada E = MC² -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stanzel, Susan - Kansas City, MO Sent: March 18, 2011 09:11 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution Yes. It was in a loop (grin). My regular expression was apparently not checking properly. Susie -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corbett, James Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 8:01 AM To: 'program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution Suzy: Was your application executing? J. James M. Corbett Programmer / Analyst | Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenue du Canada 875 Heron Rd. Ottawa, On. K1A0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone: (613) 941-1338 Facsimile | Télécopieur: (613) 941-2261 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada E = MC² -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stanzel, Susan - Kansas City, MO Sent: March 17, 2011 17:49 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution I don't think some of you understood what I meant. What all this started from was that my program was not working the way I wanted it to and I just wanted to get out. It was in a loop saying that what I had entered was not correct when it really was. Susie Stanzel -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Engebretson Jr. Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:56 PM To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution um, well, i don't know java well enough to know what i'm saying, know what i'm saying? in c, i'd do something like this: int main() { do { your prompting stuff... } while(the prompt doesn't equal "exit"); return 0; } ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corbett, James" <James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:40 PM Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution Please explain? J. James M. Corbett Programmer / Analyst | Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenue du Canada 875 Heron Rd. Ottawa, On. K1A0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone: (613) 941-1338 Facsimile | Télécopieur: (613) 941-2261 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada E = MC² -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Engebretson Jr. Sent: March 17, 2011 16:26 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution you could also put a keyword in so, if you type that word at the prompt, it will exit programatically. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanzel, Susan - Kansas City, MO" <susan.stanzel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:07 PM Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution Maybe I better look at your tutorial on running in bebug mode. I am just running normally. Thanks, Susie -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corbett, James Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:30 PM To: 'program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [program-java] Re: stopping execution Hi: If you are running in Debug mode then ctrl + F2 will terminate the process. If you are just running a Java app then killing Eclipse is the way I do it. If you are running a server application, killing the server will also end the execution. Jim James M. Corbett Programmer / Analyst | Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenue du Canada 875 Heron Rd. Ottawa, On. K1A0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone: (613) 941-1338 Facsimile | Télécopieur: (613) 941-2261 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada E = MC² -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stanzel, Susan - Kansas City, MO Sent: March 17, 2011 13:36 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] stopping execution Hi Listers, I have successfully compiled and am running an application which takes my name and address from the console. I am using regular expressions to validate what is entered. Not too surprising is my program isn't acting as I would like. I can't figure out how to get out of it. I am entering alt F4 and just starting eclipse again. This is certainly not the correct way, so how do I do this? 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