in the response from my server I get a JSON object. It has a boolean flag.

if(file.showInTable == 'true') {

} 

But, even if showInTable is set to false, I get inside that code block. How to cope with that ?

I tried:

if(file.showInTable == 'true')
if(file.showInTable)
if(Boolean(file.showInTable))

Edit

as Ghommey has mentioned, I've used the 2nd option to check that value. Even if the parions statement returns false, it also gets inside the code. See the pic below

in the response from my server I get a JSON object. It has a boolean flag.

if(file.showInTable == 'true') {

} 

But, even if showInTable is set to false, I get inside that code block. How to cope with that ?

I tried:

if(file.showInTable == 'true')
if(file.showInTable)
if(Boolean(file.showInTable))

Edit

as Ghommey has mentioned, I've used the 2nd option to check that value. Even if the parions statement returns false, it also gets inside the code. See the pic below

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Share Improve this question Follow edited Aug 17, 2012 at 10:30 Tony asked Aug 17, 2012 at 8:51 TonyTony 12.7k3838 gold badges129129 silver badges232232 bronze badges 7

• 2 Please post the JSON response you get. – Bojangles Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 8:53
• What is typeof file.showInTable ? – xdazz Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 8:53
• Is it set to the boolean value false or the string 'false'? – Anthony Grist Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 8:54
• 1 Duplicate of stackoverflow./questions/263965/… – Sergii Stotskyi Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 8:54
• Anthony Grist: it is set to false or true (as bool) – Tony Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 8:58

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it is set to false or true (as bool) - Tony

Why do you pare a boolean as a string?

Just pare it as a boolean:

if(file.showInTable === true) {

} 

or

if(file.showInTable !== false) {

} 

This is ugly, but why not?

if (file.showInTable === "false") file.showInTable = false;