BOOLEAN( ) Convert to Boolean value

Domain: Conversion functions
The BOOLEAN( ) function converts the expression specified in the function call to a BOOLEAN value.

Format

BOOLEAN( )

BOOLE( )

EXPRESSION = expression

Result type

BOOLEAN

Input parameters

EXPRESSION = expression
Determines the expression to be converted. If it was not possible to convert “expression”, an error message is displayed.

Result

Data type	Result
expression = ' TRUE' or ’true’ expression = ' FALSE' or ’false’	TRUE FALSE
expression = 0 expression not equal to 0	FALSE TRUE

Error message

SDP0429  CONVERSION NOT POSSIBLE

Example

/A = 0 
/B = BOOLEAN(EXPRESSION = A)
/SHOW-VARIABLE B 
B = FALSE