Casting Booleans

· Aug 28, 02:35 PM

Quite often I need to convert a Boolean to an Integer for use with external functions or SQL. My solution has long been to extend the Boolean datatype.

Function IntegerValue(extends b as Boolean) as Integer
  if b then
    return 1
  else
    return 0
  end if
End Function

The addition of the CType keyword to the REALbasic language provides an even easier solution.

CType(b, Integer)

returns 1, if b is true, or 0, if b is false.

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