How to convert “0” and “1” to false and true

Question

I have a method which is connecting to a database via Odbc. The stored procedure which I\'m calling has a return value which from the database side is a \'Char\'. Right now I\'

Answer 1

(returnValue != "1" ? false : true);

Answer 2

My solution (vb.net):

Private Function ConvertToBoolean(p1 As Object) As Boolean
    If p1 Is Nothing Then Return False
    If IsDBNull(p1) Then Return False
    If p1.ToString = "1" Then Return True
    If p1.ToString.ToLower = "true" Then Return True
    Return False
End Function

Answer 3

How about:

return (returnValue == "1");

or as suggested below:

return (returnValue != "0");

The correct one will depend on what you are looking for as a success result.

Answer 4

Or if the Boolean value is not been returned, you can do something like this:

bool boolValue = (returnValue == "1");

Answer 5

In a single line of code:

bool bVal = Convert.ToBoolean(Convert.ToInt16(returnValue))

Answer 6

If you don't want to convert.Just use;

 bool _status = status == "1" ? true : false;

Perhaps you will return the values as you want.