Revision as of 22:57, 12 July 2016

Boolean Type

Boolean (true or false).

If left unmolested true and false are "strings";

In the scripting language (sqf/sqs) this is fine. The variable is compared as a string "true" or "false" or "bananas"

in config.cpp you need to first declare them for what they really are

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 Boolean ([[true]] or [[false]]).
-Note that Booleans are '''real''' types in the scripting language.
+If left unmolested true and false are "strings";
+In the scripting language (sqf/sqs) this is fine. The variable is [[compared]] as a string "true" or "false" or "bananas"
+in config.cpp you need to first declare them for what they really are
+#define true 1
+#define false 0
-In config.cpp (addons), a boolean is simply a poetic licence, a convenience, for a zero/non zero [[Integer]].
 [[Category: Data Types]]