[Olly]

/*****************************************************************
 * StrToBool
 *
 * @breif Converts a string (1|0|on|off) to bool
 * @params String:input string bool
 * @return true|false
 *****************************************************************/
bool:StrToBool(String:input[])
{
    if(StrContains(input, "1") != -1 || StrContains(input, "on") != -1)
    {
        return true;
    }
    else if(StrContains(input, "0") != -1 || StrContains(input, "off") != -1)
    {
        return false;
    }
return false;
// YAY!
}

Note for this to work you MUST leave in '// YAY!' without it, it wont compile

I know its a simple function, but meh, saves someone else needing to type it all out

Hope its as usefull as the title makes out

[teame06]

bool:StrToBool(String:input[])
{
    if(StrContains(input, "1") != -1 || StrContains(input, "on") != -1)
    {
        return true;
    }
    else if(StrContains(input, "0") != -1 || StrContains(input, "off") != -1)
    {
        return false;
    }
// YAY!
/* Otherwise you could get an return warning 209: function "StrToBool" should return a value*/
return  false;
}

[Olly]

yea i fixed that in my plugin, and totally forgot that i put it here ><

[L. Duke]

I understand why the "YAY!" is there but not the "else if"

bool:StrToBool(String:input[])
{
    if(StrContains(input, "1") != -1 || StrContains(input, "on") != -1)
    {
        return true;
    }

// YAY!
 return  false;
}

[BAILOPAN]

that parameter should be const

[Olly]

lol, i cant even get a simple function like this right

[sslice]

Something like this is really dependent on the input.. could deal with 'true' and 'false', 'T' and 'F', 'yes' and 'no', etc. etc... for ConVars it would just recognize 1 and 0... and the double 'not' trick is used to convert it to boolean (to handle values other than 1 and 0).

bool:b = !!StringToInt(str);

Just depends on what you are using StrToBool() for in the end.

[PM]

Originally Posted by sslice Something like this is really dependent on the input.. could deal with 'true' and 'false', 'T' and 'F', 'yes' and 'no', etc. etc... for ConVars it would just recognize 1 and 0... and the double 'not' trick is used to convert it to boolean (to handle values other than 1 and 0). bool:b = !!StringToInt(str); Just depends on what you are using StrToBool() for in the end.

I think (expression ? true : false) is less cryptic but you decide