Help understanding True False

[Robdog1955]

Can some one explain this bit of code. I thought True was like 1 and False  0. But apparently it is more than that. Here is the code I'm looking at.

If ValidUserPassword($sUsername, $sDomain, $sPassword) == "True" Then Something

Func ValidUserPassword($sUsername, $sDomain, $sPassword)
    Local $bValid = True
    RunAs($sUsername, $sDomain, $sPassword, 2, @ComSpec & " /c  echo test", @SystemDir, @SW_Hide)
    If @Error Then $bValid = False
    Return $bValid
EndFunc
 

How is $bValid equal to a text string?

I want to understand instead of just using the code.

[water]

The first statement is wrong. The function returns a binary boolean value (True/False) so you should check for a binary boolean value:

If ValidUserPassword($sUsername, $sDomain, $sPassword) = True Then Something

 

Edited July 6, 2017 by water
Fixed

[Danyfirex]

@water I think the correct terminology is a the function returns a Boolean value.

You can simplify the statement 

 

If ValidUserPassword($sUsername, $sDomain, $sPassword) Then Something

 

Saludos

[Robdog1955]

But it works. If I understand what you are saying, it should not work. That's why I'm asking the question. I can't understand how it could work. I found the code in the forum and thought well if this works, I don't understand what I thought I did. By the way guys thanks for getting back with me so soon. 

[Jos]

Helpfile:

Quote

	Comparison operators (case insensitive if used with strings except for ==)
=	Tests if two values are equal. e.g. If $var = 5 Then    (true if $vVar equals 5). Case insensitive when used with strings. See Note below about comparing mixed datatypes.
==	Tests if two strings are equal. Case sensitive. The left and right values are converted to strings if they are not strings already. This operator should only be used if string comparisons need to be case sensitive.

Might give a hint.

Jos

[Robdog1955]

Yeah, I had looked up the "==" part but did not think a boolean value ie. True or False could be converted into a string. Maybe I do not understand what a boolean value is within the context of AutoIt. I am not a programmer so I hope you will forgive my lack of training. My training comes from you guys and I appreciate you more than you could know. I would be lost without you. That said I would like to especially thank Waters. I have used AD.au3 extensively! But also Melba23, trancexx, UEZ... too many to list...

Anyway, I found that:

MsgBox(0, "Debug", "$bValid = " & $bValid)

Where $bValid is True

yields: $bValid = True

So I guess it is text...

Please correct me if I'm not seeing this correctly.

[TheDcoder]

When you concatenate/append/join something to a "string", the other datatypes (such as Booleans, Integers) are converted to strings as well

P.S Boolean is simply a datatype, like integers (numbers). Only 2 values are possible, True or False!

[iamtheky]

*The result is represented as a string, you can still muck around and perform ugly operations while smooshing things together.

$s = "string"
$n = number(5)
$v = $s &- $n
msgbox(0, '' , $v)

 

[water]

4 hours ago, Robdog1955 said:

That said I would like to especially thank Waters. I have used AD.au3 extensively!

Glad you like my UDF

[Jos]

7 hours ago, Robdog1955 said:

but did not think a boolean value ie. True or False could be converted into a string.

AutoIt3 does things to make it easier and more forgiving ... so in this case:

case VAR_BOOL:
            if (m_bValue)
                _tcscpy(szTemp, _T("True") );
            else
                _tcscpy(szTemp, _T("False") );
            break;

Jos

 

Edited July 8, 2017 by Jos

[Robdog1955]

Okay, I understand now. Thanks guys for your patience with me!!!!!