If I make a variable read as true or false will it read as one or zero internally?

1Draven wrote:

If I make a variable read as true or false will it read as one or zero internally?

A variable can store anything, you could make it store true or false, or one and zero.
This however:

set [foo v] to <[1] < [2]> // will set foo to "true"

but

((foo) + (x)) // will set foo to 1 or 0 + x, where 1 is true and 0 is false

If you set a variable to “true” then it will be saved as “true” internally. However, there is a neat trick you can do with lists. You can put list items into boolean slots. So, if you set a list item to 1, it will be interpreted as True in an if loop. If it's 0, it'll be interpreted as False.

NeonG4 wrote:

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1Draven wrote:

If I make a variable read as true or false will it read as one or zero internally?

A variable can store anything, you could make it store true or false, or one and zero.
This however:

set [foo v] to <[1] < [2]> // will set foo to "true"

but

((foo) + (x)) // will set foo to 1 or 0 + x, where 1 is true and 0 is false

i meant what would happen if I literally set a variable let's say A to true not by using a boolean in its place but by literally typing the word true will it read as one internally?

1Draven wrote:

NeonG4 wrote:

(#2)

1Draven wrote:

If I make a variable read as true or false will it read as one or zero internally?

A variable can store anything, you could make it store true or false, or one and zero.
This however:

set [foo v] to <[1] < [2]> // will set foo to "true"

but

((foo) + (x)) // will set foo to 1 or 0 + x, where 1 is true and 0 is false

i meant what would happen if I literally set a variable let's say A to true not by using a boolean in its place but by literally typing the word true will it read as one internally?

That would be evaluated as true.

legendary34678 wrote:

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If you set a variable to “true” then it will be saved as “true” internally. However, there is a neat trick you can do with lists. You can put list items into boolean slots. So, if you set a list item to 1, it will be interpreted as True in an if loop. If it's 0, it'll be interpreted as False.

oh so if I put in true as an item in a list it would read as one internally because 1 reads as true internally because if you put booleans in operators like let's say one equals zero - one equals one it would = -1

Sorry about the grammar

Scratch uses Javascript. In Javascript, All values count as true except for ones that count as False. Values that count as false are as follows: 0, -0, 0n, “” (blank value), null, undefined, and NaN.

legendary34678 wrote:

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Scratch uses Javascript. In Javascript, All values count as true except for ones that count as False. Values that count as false are as follows: 0, -0, 0n, “” (blank value), null, undefined, and NaN.

so you're telling me if I had put 57 as one of the items in the list if I checked for that item in the list it would read as true?

don't tell the scratch team about my hacked blocks

medians wrote:

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don't tell the scratch team about my hacked blocks

ok

medians wrote:

don't tell the scratch team about my hacked blocks

this is the 1st time I have seen medians necropost

chriscreators14 wrote:

this is the 1st time I have seen medians necropost

but it was relevant and I made that post on the day the topic was created LOL (they asked about the 57 thingy)