Truthy values

In DinoCode, values can have an alternative representation as true or false.

Truthy values#

The following values can be represented as true:

Data type	Examples
Integer	Any number different from 0
Float	Any number different from 0.0
String	Any text with at least one character (not empty)
Array	Any array with at least one element (not empty)
Object	Any object with at least one property (not empty)

Conversion to boolean#

You can see the boolean representation of any value using bool().

# Integer
print "1 is " bool(1)        # true
print "0 is " bool(0)        # false

# Float
print "0.0 is " bool(0.0)    # false
print "3.14 is " bool(3.14)  # true

# Infinities are truthy
print "infi is " bool(infi)  # true
print "-infi is " bool(-infi)  # true

# String
print "'' is " bool('')      # false
print "'a' is " bool('a')    # true

# None
print "none is " bool(none)  # false

# Array
print "[] is " bool([])      # false
print "[1] is " bool([1])    # true

# Object
print "{} is " bool({})      # false
print "{a: 1} is " bool({a: 1})  # true