bool


Description

This function will attempt to convert a given value into a boolean data type, where the value will be returned as true if it is greater than 0.5 and false otherwise.


Syntax:

bool(n);


Arguments:

Argument Description
n The value to convert.

Returns:

Boolean


Example:

if !is_bool(val)
   {
   val = bool(val);
   }

The above code checks the variable "val" to see if it is a boolean and if it is not then it is converted to one.