`into bool` for conversions

Convert value to boolean.

Signature

> into bool {flags} ...rest

Flags

--relaxed: Relaxes conversion to also allow null and any strings.

Parameters

...rest: For a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths.

Input/output types:

input	output
bool	bool
int	bool
list<any>	table
nothing	bool
number	bool
record	record
string	bool
table	table

Examples

Convert value to boolean in table

> [[value]; ['false'] ['1'] [0] [1.0] [true]] | into bool value
╭───┬───────╮
│ # │ value │
├───┼───────┤
│ 0 │ false │
│ 1 │ true  │
│ 2 │ false │
│ 3 │ true  │
│ 4 │ true  │
╰───┴───────╯

Convert bool to boolean

> true | into bool
true

convert int to boolean

> 1 | into bool
true

convert float to boolean

> 0.3 | into bool
true

convert float string to boolean

> '0.0' | into bool
false

convert string to boolean

> 'true' | into bool
true

interpret a null as false

> null | into bool --relaxed
false

interpret any non-false, non-zero string as true