Re: [Flashcoders] cast string to a boolean value

2005-10-28 Thread Cedric Muller
sorry about my previous example ;) can't your receive "1" and "0" instead of true/false ? this works: var my_boolean_string:String = "1"; var my_boolean:Boolean = Boolean(Number(my_boolean_string)); if(my_boolean == true) { trace("cool"); } else { trace("nope"); } Cedric Try:

Re: [Flashcoders] cast string to a boolean value

2005-10-28 Thread Cedric Muller
just downcast your variable using 'Boolean()' to a new variable which IS a boolean... var my_boolean_string:String = "true"; var my_boolean:Boolean = Boolean(my_boolean_string); if(my_boolean == true) { trace("cool"); } else { trace("nope"); } hth, Cedric hi. i'm receiving Fl

Re: [Flashcoders] cast string to a boolean value

2005-10-28 Thread Matt Ganz
both methods work nicely. thank you. On 10/28/05, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's wrong with the following? > > var my_bool:Boolean=(flashvar_bool=="true"); > > Ian > > On 10/28/05, Steve Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Try: > > var my_bool:Boolean = flashvar_bool=="fals

Re: [Flashcoders] cast string to a boolean value

2005-10-28 Thread James O'Reilly
How about doing something like: var myNewBool:Boolean = (yourFlashVar == "true"); JOR ___ === James O'Reilly === === SynergyMedia, Inc. === www.synergymedia.net Matt Ganz wrote: hi. i'm receiving FlashVars in my object and embed code and the values

Re: [Flashcoders] cast string to a boolean value

2005-10-28 Thread Ian Thomas
What's wrong with the following? var my_bool:Boolean=(flashvar_bool=="true"); Ian On 10/28/05, Steve Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try: > var my_bool:Boolean = flashvar_bool=="false"?false:true; > > The basic problem is creating a Boolean with any string makes it true. > So creating it

Re: [Flashcoders] cast string to a boolean value

2005-10-28 Thread Steve Mathews
Try: var my_bool:Boolean = flashvar_bool=="false"?false:true; The basic problem is creating a Boolean with any string makes it true. So creating it with the string "false" still makes it true. On 10/28/05, Matt Ganz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi. > > i'm receiving FlashVars in my object and emb