toBoolean

Converts a value to a boolean. A missing value or any value whose boolean coercion is false (false, 0, empty string, null) becomes false; everything else becomes true.

toBoolean(value) → returns boolean

This function requires RustCFML.  Not supported on Lucee, Adobe ColdFusion, etc.
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See Also:   isBoolean   toNumeric   toString

Argument Reference

value any

The value to convert.

Examples
Sample code invoking the toBoolean function

Various values coerced to booleans.

writeDump(toBoolean(1));
writeDump(toBoolean(""));
writeDump(toBoolean("off"));

Expected Result: true false true

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