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Boolean.ParseBoolean(String) Method

Definition

Parses the string argument as a boolean.

[Android.Runtime.Register("parseBoolean", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "")]
public static bool ParseBoolean (string? s);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("parseBoolean", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "")>]
static member ParseBoolean : string -> bool

Parameters

s
String

the String containing the boolean representation to be parsed

Returns

the boolean represented by the string argument

Attributes

Remarks

Parses the string argument as a boolean. The boolean returned represents the value true if the string argument is not null and is equal, ignoring case, to the string "true". Otherwise, a false value is returned, including for a null argument.

Example: Boolean.parseBoolean("True") returns true.<br> Example: Boolean.parseBoolean("yes") returns false.

Added in 1.5.

Java documentation for java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean(java.lang.String).

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Applies to