Just leave the quotes away: var btest:Boolean = true;
--- In [email protected], "Hilary Bridel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > try: > var btest:Boolean; > var testValue:String = "true"; > btest = testValue == "true" ? true : false; > trace("btest = "+btest); > > Hilary > > -- > > On 4/19/07, Luis Eduardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > hi, > > > > this simple code dont work. > > > > var btest:Boolean = new Boolean(); > > btest = "true"; > > trace("btest = "+btest); > > > > btest = "false"; > > trace("btest = : "+btest); > > > > there are a compile warning telling me that: "3590: String used were a > > Boolean value was expected. The expression will be type coerced to > > Boolean" > > but it is not. > > > > even if i do typecast it wont work: > > > > btest = Boolean("true"); > > trace("btest = : "+btest); > > > > or if i typecast with "as". > > btest = ("true" as Boolean); > > btest = ("false" as Boolean); > > > > so i ask: how to cast String "true" to Boolean true ? > > what am i missing??? > > > > Luís Eduardo. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Hilary > > -- >
