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**EXIT**

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The **EXIT** statement immediately leaves a ROUTINE and returns program control to the statement following the DO statement that called it. This is different from RETURN, which completely exits the PROCEDURE even when called from within a ROUTINE.

An EXIT statement is not required. A ROUTINE with no EXIT statement terminates automatically when the entire sequence of statements in the ROUTINE is complete.

**Example:**

**CalcNetPay ROUTINE**

** IF GrossPay = 0   !If no pay**

** ****EXIT****             ! exit the routine**

** END**

** NetPay = GrossPay - FedTax - Fica**

** QtdNetPay += NetPay**

** YtdNetPay += NetPay**

**See Also:**

[[do  call a routine .htm|DO]]

[[return  return to caller .htm|RETURN]]