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Subject:RE: Lives there a Boolean integer? From:"Locke, David" <dlocke -at- bindview -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 6 Mar 2000 15:46:42 -0600
Nope an integer does not represent a Boolean value. And, it when integers
are subjected to Boolean operators, then
0 = False
All n not n=0, = True
For example 49 would be True. This really is programming language specific,
and you should refer to your language manual for any questions having to do
with representation.
David W. Locke
-----Original Message-----
From: Brady, Joy [mailto:JBrady -at- alldata -dot- net]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:38 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Lives there a boolean integer?
Mark Levinson wonders: "Should I stand on the principle that an integer is
not boolean?"
It seems that the fields that receive only one of two possible values of
true/false, success/failure are boolean fields. Maybe just refer to the
receiving data element (field, whatever!) as boolean, and that the integers
0 and 1 are the possible values that represent failure and success,
respectively.
Joy Brady
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