How to convert string to boolean in typescript Angular 4

Question

I know am not the first to ask this and as I mentioned in my title ,I am trying to convert string value boolean .

I have previously put some values into local storage,No

Answer 1

Method 1 :

var stringValue = "true";
var boolValue = (/true/i).test(stringValue) //returns true

Method 2 :

var stringValue = "true";
var boolValue = (stringValue =="true");   //returns true

Method 3 :

var stringValue = "true";
var boolValue = JSON.parse(stringValue);   //returns true

Method 4 :

var stringValue = "true";
var boolValue = stringValue.toLowerCase() == 'true'; //returns true

Method 5 :

var stringValue = "true";
var boolValue = getBoolean(stringValue); //returns true
function getBoolean(value){
   switch(value){
        case true:
        case "true":
        case 1:
        case "1":
        case "on":
        case "yes":
            return true;
        default: 
            return false;
    }
}

source: http://codippa.com/how-to-convert-string-to-boolean-javascript/