Android Question "true","false",True, False How do they work?

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jtare

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I noticed that for some reason a boolean stored in a map that was read from a file no longer is a boolean but a string maybe?

I ran some tests where mymap.get("a") is False and mymap.get("b") is False and got this:
B4X: 
    Dim mymap As map = File.ReadMap(File.DirInternal,"mymap.txt")
    Log(Not(mymap.Get("a") Or mymap.Get("b"))) 'True
    Log("false"=False) 'True
    Log("false"=True) 'False
    Log("true"=True) 'True
    Log(mymap.Get("a") = False And mymap.Get("b") = False) 'False
    Log(mymap.Get("a") = False) 'False
    Log(mymap.Get("b") = False) 'False
    Log(mymap.Get("a") = "false" And mymap.Get("b") = "false") 'True
    Log(mymap.Get("a") = "false") 'True
    Log(mymap.Get("b") = "false") 'True

Both "a" and "b" value are set with a boolean variable, not string. Like this:
B4X: 
mymap.put("a",False)
I used to store the map in the keyvaluestore database and worked as expected. This weird behavior started when I moved to save it and read it from a file.

If the mymap is no longer holding a boolean but a string, shouldn't
B4X: 
log(mymap.Get("a") = False ) 'False
and
B4X: 
log("false"=False) 'True
Be the same? Both True? But instead I get False in the first one and True in the second one.
 
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DonManfred

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File. WriteMap (Dir As String, FileName As String, Map As Map)
Creates a new file and writes the given map. Each key value pair is written as a single line.
All values are converted to strings. <--- !!!

You should use B4ASerialisator or Randomaccessfile WriteB4XObject/ReadB4XObject
 
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DonManfred said:
You should use B4ASerialisator or Randomaccessfile WriteB4XObject/ReadB4XObject
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.

But still shoudn't
B4X: 
log(mymap.Get("a") = False ) 'False
and
B4X: 
log("false"=False) 'True
Be the same?
 
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Computersmith64

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I use ReadMap & WriteMap a lot in my apps to save settings, so for Booleans I just use this utility function:

B4X: 
Private Sub CBool(sVal As String) As Boolean
    If sVal = "true" Then Return True Else Return False
End Sub

- Colin.
 
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Thanks for the suggestion. I think I will go with this solution for now.
 
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Not sure it is any better, but I would do:

B4X: 
Return sVal = "true"

or maybe better

B4X: 
Return sVal.ToLowerCase = "true"

RBS
 
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klaus

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B4X: 
Private Mapa, Mapb As Boolean
Mapa = MyMap.Get("a")
Mapb = MyMap.Get("b")
This works.
The problem is that MyMap.Get("a") is a String.
But, if you set MyMap.Get("a") to a Boolean variable, like Mapa = MyMap.Get("a"), B4A sets the value correctly.
 
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Cableguy

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Why not "simplify" things and set True=1 and false = 0, the IDE would then convert the string to the correct type, would it not?
 
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Thanks.

Cableguy said:
Why not "simplify" things and set True=1 and false = 0, the IDE would then convert the string to the correct type, would it not?
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Will have to check if "0"=0 is the same to mymap.get("a")=0, if not it kind of leave me in the same situation.
 
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