ParseStringAsBoolean

Type

statement

Summary

Parses a string as a boolean value

Syntax

parse <Operand> as boolean

Description

Use StringParsedAsBoolean when you want to determine if a string contains "true" or "false"

note

Only the strings "true" and "false" will parse to give a boolean value. Any other input will cause an error to be thrown.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Operand		An expression that evaluates to a string.

Examples

variable tString as String
variable tBool as optional Boolean
combine ["f", "a", "l", "s" "e"] with "" into tString
put tString parsed as boolean into tBool -- tBool contains false

variable tResult as String
variable tCheck as optional Boolean
parse "sdfsdf" as boolean into tCheck
if tCheck is nothing then
	put "not a valid boolean" into tResult
end if