[AFFUG Discuss] cast string to Boolean?

[John Waggener]

Is it possible to cast a string as a Boolean?

'true' as Boolean
'false' as Boolean.

I am receiving text data back from an XML service;

The name of a node is 'autoPlay' and has a value of 'true';

This determines whether or not the player autoplays (as one might imagine)

I am trying to cast it in actionscript as a Boolean and that does not appear
to work (null value).  Is there another way to go about this other than
conditional logic?

if (elementNode == 'true')
{
     _autoplay = true;
}else
{
    _autoplay = false;
}

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Johnny Waggener
Software Developer
Multicast Media
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