Is a Boolean Variable?

A Boolean variable has only two possible values: true or false. It is common to use Booleans with control statements to determine the flow of a program. In this example, when the boolean value "x" is true, vertical black lines are drawn and when the boolean value "x" is false, horizontal gray lines are drawn.

What is meant by boolean variable?

Boolean variables can either be True or False and are stored as 16-bit (2-byte) values. Boolean variables are displayed as either True or False. Like C, when other numeric data types are converted to Boolean values then a 0 becomes False and any other values become True.

What type of variable is a boolean?

They can have only two possible values: either 0 or 1. You cannot add or subtract them. A boolean variable is a special type of memory in a computer that can only store two values: true or false.

Alexander Ross

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