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func bool 

Coerces an expression into a Boolean value.

Syntax 

      bool (value)

Formal Declaration 

      bool:bool (value:any)

Parameters 

value            An expression to be coerced.  Its type can be anything
                 except STR. The coercion will evaluate to FALSE if the
                 value of the expression is 0; otherwise, the value of
                 the coercion will be TRUE.

Examples 

     $nmdebug > wl bool(0) 
     FALSE

     $nmdebug > wl bool(1) 
     TRUE

     $nmdebug > wl bool(123) 
     TRUE

     $nmdebug > wl bool(a.c00023c4) 
     TRUE

     $nmdebug > wl bool(0.0) 
     FALSE

Limitations, Restrictions 

none

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