Interprets the given string as a boolean. Strings are evaluated as true if they match 'true', 'yes' or '1' (not case-sensitive).

Syntax

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boolean convert.toboolean(any data)

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
data	Any	The data to convert.

Data Type	Description
Boolean	Input string converted to a boolean.

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yes: {convert.toboolean(yes)} ({sys.gettypename(convert.toboolean(yes))}) 1-1-1: {convert.todate("1-1-1")} ({sys.gettypename(convert.todate("1-1-1"))}) 3.14: {convert.tofloat("3.14")} ({sys.gettypename(convert.tofloat("3.14"))}) 314: {convert.toint(314)} ({sys.gettypename(convert.toint(314))}) 10: {convert.tostring(10)} ({sys.gettypename(convert.tostring(10))})

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