How to convert string to Boolean in javascript?

Question

I have a public property returned from my code-behind class to aspx page:

window.MyWIndow.IsFull = '<%=this.IsFull%>';

In code-behind it is defined this way:

public bool IsFull
{
    get;
    set;
}

Now, when I use it in my javascript file, I have the following code:

var isShow = myself.IsFull;

This way isShow is either 'True' or 'False'

I need to convert it on the page level, so isShow is boolean instead of string.

So I can write the if else logic

How can I do it?

Solution 1

You can use JSON.parse('true');

JSON.parse(isShow.toLowerCase());

Try the example below.

var result = ['True', 'False']

var isShow = result[Math.round(Math.random())];

console.log(JSON.parse(isShow.toLowerCase()));

Solution 2

If you know it's always going to return the string True and False, you could just use;

window.MyWindow.IsFull = '<%=this.IsFull%>' === "True";