Re: Help with Boolean.valueOf

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From: Joi Ellis [TeamB]
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:02

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Alex Colic <alex.colic@pop-ware.com> wrote:
> Hi,

> In one of my functions I get a string back, 'Yes' or 'No'. Then I have to
> set a boolean property using that String value. I have tried
> Boolean.valueOf(theString).booleanValue but I always get false returned to
> me.

> Is there a simpler way of doing this?

Try passing back 'true' and 'false' instead of 'Yes' and 'No'.

Or you can do something like

 String result = callYourMethodHere();
 boolean foo = result.equals("Yes") ? true : false;


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