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String-Boolean-0.01
/ String::BooleanSimple

NAME

String::BooleanSimple - Gets the boolean representative of a string

SYNOPSIS

# imports all functions
use String::BooleanSimple ':all';

# imports only is_true()
use String::BooleanSimple qw(is_true);

DESCRIPTION

Some static functions returning a boolean value (0 or 1) of a string like 'true', 'false', etc.

REQUIRES

Exporter

METHODS

boolean

my $boolean = boolean($string);

Returns 1 if the string matches to a postive pattern like "true". Returns 0 if the string matches to a negative pattern like "false".

isFalse

my $boolean = isFalse($string);

If you like the java style, you may import that alias

isTrue

my $boolean = isTrue($string);

If you like the java style, you may import that alias

is_false

my $boolean = is_false($string);

Returns 1 if the string matches to a negative pattern like "false".

is_true

my $boolean = is_true($string);

Returns 1 if the string matches to a positive pattern like "true".

Matches

Supports these strings:

true yes active enabled on y ok positive 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

false no inactive disabled off n not ok negative 0

If the string does not match, it causes an error. Whitespace at the beginning or end will be automatically removed.

AUTHOR

Andreas Hernitscheck ahernit(AT)cpan.org

LICENSE

You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the conditions of LGPL.