I am passing a boolean value to a javascript function in my .net mvc action page.
problem is, it is outputting the value True and javascript apparently only accepts 'true' (in lower case).
I don't want to hack the variable and make it a string and convert it to lower case in my action, but it looks like I have no choice?
If you're using the ToString() method on a .NET boolean to send the value to Javascript, try replacing it with something like
(myBoolean ? true : false)
so that it gets sent to Javascript as the appropriate string representation of the required bool value.
EDIT: Note the difference between:
<script type=text/javascript>
var myBoolean = <%= (myBoolean ? true : false) %>;
</script>
and
<script type=text/javascript>
var myBoolean = '<%= (myBoolean ? true : false) %>';
</script>
In the first example, you end up with:
var myBoolean = false;
and that's a literal Boolean false. In the second, you end up with:
var myBoolean = 'false';
and in JavaScript, 'false' is a non-empty string and consequently if evaluated in a Boolean context, it'll be true. Well, true-ish. :)
