converting String true/false to Boolean value.

Question

I have a Javascript String containing true or false.

How may I convert it to boolean without using the eval function?

Thanks

Answer 1

if (str == "true") str_bool = true;
else str_bool = false;

Answer 2

The most obvious:

if(string =="true"){  
  string = true;  
}else{  
  string = false;  
}

Or using ternary operator:

string = (string=="true") ? true : false;

Answer 3

Homework? Steam-driven method:

if (myString == false) myBoolean = false else myBoolean = true

Answer 4

If you're using the variable result:

result = result == "true";

Answer 5

You could simply have: var result = (str == "true").

Answer 6

val = (string == "true")