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Boolean

A Boolean value is a truth value and can be used as a condition.

Related concepts:  ValueTypeConditional

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Boolean data type

Authoritative Definition

Wikipedia does not necessarily offer the best fitting definition of a concept. The exact meaning we attribute to the concept of Boolean is based on principled authoritative sources such as:

nLab - Section Boolean algebra

Misconceptions about Boolean
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ComparisonWithBoolLiteral
To test whether an expression is True or False, one must compare it to True or to False
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MapToBooleanWithIf
To map a boolean expression to a bool, an if statement is necessary
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MapToBooleanWithTernaryOperator
To map a boolean expression to a bool, a ternary conditional operator is necessary
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NoShortCircuit
and/or always evaluate both operands
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NoSingleLogicAnd
& is only a bitwise AND

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