Getting a boolean with getElementData

[FUNExtreme]

Hello,

I have a problem getting a boolean out of a map file and then using it in a function

-- Blah blah (loop here)
local newTeam = createTeam(tostring(getElementData(s, "name")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourR")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourG")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourB")))
setTeamFriendlyFire(newTeam, tostring(getElementData(s, "friendlyFire")))

but it always says bad argument, I tried, tonumber, tostring and all that but I actually need toboolean wich doesn't exist in MTA lua.

The .map contains

.... friendlyFire="true" ....

I have allready made a workaround to fix this problem but I want to know if it is possible to do it like I state above. (Using a boolean in the .map file and then just getting it)

[dzek (varez)]

tostring ... returns .. STRING --- [sUPRISE!!] and you need boolean

toboolean should do the job (im not sure about its name, but it was something like that?)

or just remove that tostring - and it should work

[robhol]

tostring ... returns .. STRING --- [sUPRISE!!] and you need boolean

toboolean should do the job (im not sure about its name, but it was something like that?)

or just remove that tostring - and it should work

There's no toboolean.. if it returns a string, check whether it's "true". For extra "security" you can also check if it's "false". (If it's neither, you're obviously getting something unexpected.)

[FUNExtreme]

As I wrote before I checked all the options allready but here are the answers

tostring returns correctly wich means that it shows "true" or "false" when used in outputDebugString

using nothing but just the getElementData also returns "true" or "false" when used in outputDebugString

although when I use it in setTeamFriendlyFire it gives bad argument.

and as robhol stated (so did I in the first post) toboolean doesn't exist

[dzek (varez)]

and as robhol stated (so did I in the first post) toboolean doesn't exist

hmm, maybe, i never need that, but in lua's manual i found something like that, thats why i wrote it here

[robhol]

It doesn't exist...

However, for example, you could do something like

function toboolean(x)
if x == "true" then return true; end
if x == "false" then return false; end
 
error("toboolean: unexpected input: " .. tostring(x) );
end

[karlis]

function from dxspeedometer resource:

function toboolean(bool)
if bool=="true" or bool==1 or bool==true then
return true
end
return false
end

[Dark Dragon]

-- Blah blah (loop here)
local newTeam = createTeam(tostring(getElementData(s, "name")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourR")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourG")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourB")))
setTeamFriendlyFire(newTeam, tostring(getElementData(s, "friendlyFire"))=="true")

and if you change the map file to friendlyFire="[true]" this should be enough:

-- Blah blah (loop here)
local newTeam = createTeam(tostring(getElementData(s, "name")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourR")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourG")), tonumber(getElementData(s, "colourB")))
setTeamFriendlyFire(newTeam, getElementData(s, "friendlyFire"))