boolean « String « Javascript Data Type Q&A

1. How can I convert a string to boolean in JavaScript?    stackoverflow.com

Can I convert a string representing a boolean value (e.g., 'true', 'false') into a intrinsic type in JavaScript? I have a hidden form in HTML that is updated based upon a user's ...

2. converting String true/false to Boolean value    stackoverflow.com

I have a Javascript String containing true or false. How may I convert it to boolean without using the eval function? Thanks

3. Javascript : White space string boolean conversion    stackoverflow.com

In Javascript :

!!" " == true // => true
" " == true // => false

if ("  " == true){a = 1;} else {a = 0;}
a; // => 0

if ("  ...

4. Convert string to Boolean in javascript    stackoverflow.com

How to convert a string to Boolean ? I tried using ctor Boolean("false"), but it's always true.

5. how i compare string and boolean in Javascript?    stackoverflow.com

I got the json "false" from server. i respond as bool but it's json so it's in browser have type string instead of bool. so if i run (!data) // whenever i ...

6. How can I subclass Boolean to change string representation without negative side effects outside of my function?    stackoverflow.com

I need to a way to wrap a boolean value such that comparisons are not broken and the string result is different than 'false' or 'true' without altering the global boolean ...

7. Casting a string to boolean    sitepoint.com

I am actually doing that solution now. But it felt somehow cheap compared to what Java offers. It is a pity that the Boolean wrapper object doesn't work like it does in Java. But hey, I know, JavaScript is not Java. I wish it would be more like Java and less like Python, which it is becoming lately (JavaScript 1.7 and ...