Better way to convert an int to a boolean
int i = 0;
bool b = Convert.ToBoolean(i);
I assume 0
means false
(which is the case in a lot of programming languages). That means true
is not 0
(some languages use -1
some others use 1
; doesn't hurt to be compatible to either). So assuming by "better" you mean less typing, you can just write:
bool boolValue = intValue != 0;
Joking aside, if you're only expecting your input integer to be a zero or a one, you should really be checking that this is the case.
int yourInteger = whatever;
bool yourBool;
switch (yourInteger)
{
case 0: yourBool = false; break;
case 1: yourBool = true; break;
default:
throw new InvalidOperationException("Integer value is not valid");
}
The out-of-the-box Convert
won't check this; nor will yourInteger (==|!=) (0|1)
.