Comments on: Cast XMLNode to Boolean – AS3 http://www.jeffguthrie.com/cast-xmlnode-to-boolean-as3 web developer, usability, analytics Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://www.jeffguthrie.com/cast-xmlnode-to-boolean-as3/comment-page-1#comment-317 Jeff Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:55:02 +0000 http://www.jeffguthrie.com/?p=635#comment-317 Nice tip, thanks! Nice tip, thanks!

]]> By: andy http://www.jeffguthrie.com/cast-xmlnode-to-boolean-as3/comment-page-1#comment-316 andy Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:41:21 +0000 http://www.jeffguthrie.com/?p=635#comment-316 i came across the same problem, and also found a string comparison to true to be the best way to fix it. The reason is, assuming, like me, you were trying to cast the string as boolean something like var myBoolean:Boolean = Boolean(XML.isTrueFalse); will assign true if any string is present in that xml node. i came across the same problem, and also found a string comparison to true to be the best way to fix it.

The reason is, assuming, like me, you were trying to cast the string as boolean something like

var myBoolean:Boolean = Boolean(XML.isTrueFalse);

will assign true if any string is present in that xml node.

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