LOTUSSCRIPT LANGUAGE

Boolean values
LotusScript recognizes the Boolean values True and False, which it evaluates as -1 and 0, respectively. When you assign a Boolean value to a variable of type Variant, you can display that value as text ("True" or "False") or as an integer (-1 or 0).

Note As of LotusScript 5.0 (Domino/Notes 6.0), LotusScript also has a Boolean data type. This data type is used for variables with values of True (-1) or False (0). See Boolean data type in the LotusScript Language Reference for more information and examples.

Dim varV As Variant
varV = 1 > 2      ' The expression 1 > 2 (1 is greater than 2)
                 ' evaluates to False, so varV is assigned a
                 ' value of False.
Print varV
' Output: False
Print TypeName(varV) ' Output: BOOLEAN
Print DataType(varV) ' Output: 11
varV = True
Print varV           ' Output: True
Print CInt(varV)     ' Output: -1
Print varV + 2       ' Output: 1

You can assign a Boolean value of True or False to a variable of any of the numeric data types that LotusScript recognizes. LotusScript converts that value to an integer (-1 or 0).

Dim anInt As Integer
varV = True
anInt% = varV
Print anInt%
' Output: 0
Print TypeName(anInt%)
' Output: INTEGER

LotusScript interprets the values -1 and 0 as True and False, respectively.

varV = -1
Print varV          ' Output : -1
If varV = True Then Print "varV is True." Else Print _
k "varV is False."
' Output: varV is True.

anInt% = 0
If anInt% = True then Print "True" Else print "False"
' Output: False

You can define a constant as a Boolean value.

Const YES = True
Print YES
' Output: True
Print TypeName(YES)
' Output: BOOLEAN

Dim varV As Variant
varV = YES
Print varV
' Output: True

Dim anInt As Integer
anInt% = YES
print anInt%
' Output: -1

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