Boolean to string problem

[JLWest]

 I get the following error trying to do. I wabt to convert Boolean to a string 'True' or 'False'  I could write my own I guess,

unit1.pas(1818,53) Error: Incompatible type for arg no. 2: Got "Boolean", expected "TUseBoolStrs"

Edit1.Text := TBooleanHelper.ToString( OK,False );

[winni]

Hi!

Make it simple. In sysutils you find:

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1.  
2. function BoolToStr(B: Boolean;UseBoolStrs:Boolean=False): string;

If you want to do it with your own style use:

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1. function BoolToStr(B: Boolean;const TrueS,FalseS:string): string;

Winni

[Kays]

[…]I wabt to convert Boolean to a string 'True' or 'False' […]

EP defines that all capabilities write/writeLn have are available with writeStr, too. In your case this means:

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1. writeStr(edit1.text, false);

Note, write/writeLn/writeStr’s behavior to produce “true” or “false” respectively is defined as per the standard, but the casing – lower case, upper case – is “implementation-defined”. With FPC, the casing varies among different compiler modes.

[lucamar]

unit1.pas(1818,53) Error: Incompatible type for arg no. 2: Got "Boolean", expected "TUseBoolStrs"

Edit1.Text := TBooleanHelper.ToString( OK,False );

Because of how it's declared, that should be:

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1. Edit1.Text := TBooleanHelper.ToString( OK, TUseBoolStrs.False );

otherwise the type of False will be a normal boolean, which doesn't coincide with the signature of the function. Note that you could also (and IMHO more easily) do:

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1. Edit1.Text := OK.ToString(TUseBoolStrs.False );

But that's trivial nitpicking and unrelated to your question ...

ETA: BTW, using TUseBoolStrs.False will not produce the strings "False" or "True", but "0" or "1"; if you want the "long" strings you should use:

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1. Edit1.Text := OK.ToString(TUseBoolStrs.True);