Glossary term
What is Exit code?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Exit code" means: A number a program hands back when it finishes. Zero means success and anything else means failure. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. Related terms include traceback, Scheduler, Log and Launcher. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Exit code?
A number a program hands back when it finishes. Zero means success and anything else means failure.
Where is Exit code taught?
Exit code is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work.
Which lessons cover Exit code?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 6.2: A Logbook: Logging, Failing Gently and Exit Codes
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Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Exit code?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.