Bare Boolean values in the text (Twine 2.0)

Comments

• Sage

  June 2015

  Well... if you have some sample code, I would be willing to check it out for you. Maybe also tell me which format you want me to test in.
• Rafe

  June 2015

  You may want to use a print statement, or just write the variable name at the end of the passage. It will show the value.
• The_Vole

  June 2015

  Thanks for the print tip. Here is what I was wondering about -- let's say you have this code (in Harlowe)
  

  (set:$isBillGatesRich to true)
  (set:$money to 5000)
  (set:$string = "Bill Gates")
  
  $undefinedVariable
  $isBillGatesRich
  $money
  $string
  
  (print:$undefinedVariable)
  (print:$isBillGatesRich)
  (print:$money)
  (print:$string)
  

  
  Outputs:

  0
  
  5000
  Bill Gates
  
  0
  true
  5000
  Bill Gates
  

  
  What confused me, at first, was that the true/false variable is the only one that comes up blank when dropped alone into the text like this. I wonder what it is about Booleans that get treated differently. I was thinking it would show up as a 1 or 0, at least.
• Sage

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  Set it to false... and literally it does the same thing. You're right. That does seem odd.
• RadOwl

  June 2015

  Just a little something i've asked myself while reading, do you really need it to be a Boolean?
  
  I mean if it's only to have the output "true or false", why not make it a string by putting quotes on each sides?
• The_Vole

  June 2015

  It is a good question. But as far as printing the words "true": I was only doing it for testing purposes, before writing an (if:) statement that turns on whether the Boolean is true.
• prof_yaffle

  July 2015

  It could be due to the fact that Harlowe lets you use a bare boolean value to control the printing of an anomynous hook.
  
  The following two lines will both do the same thing.
  

  (if: $isbillgatesrich)[yes, so very rich]
  
  $isbillgatesrich[yes, so very rich]