Convert string to Boolean in javascript [duplicate]

Answer 1

I am still amazed how people vote blindly for solutions that won't work, like:

var myBool = myString == "true";

The above is so BUGGY!!!

Not convinced? Just try myString = true (I mean the boolean true). What is the evaluation now? Opps: false!

Alternative

var myString=X; // X={true|false|"true"|"false"|"whatever"}
myString=String(myString)=='true';
console.log(myString); // plug any value into X and check me!

will always evaluate right!