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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Fundamentals of C Compile and Run

Posted by Surya Dutt
Surya Dutt
Courses Plus Student 2,875 Points

Why my c program is running fine if i use 'return 1' or 'return -1' instead of 'return 0'?

return value

1 Answer

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

The reason is because the function just needs to return an integer, so 0, 1, 2, 3 and so on will all work.