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parseInt boolean value
Hello,
I’m using a source text property to control a boolean expression (in this case, to set auto leading on a text layer). I know I can just use 0/1 in my source text, but I would like to be able to use true/false instead.
Here’s what I have:
aL = thisComp.layer("orderData").text.sourceText.split(",")[3];
GEN = style.setAutoLeading(aL);The string being extracted from the source text is simply the word “true”. However, it still gives me an error, I assume because AE can’t parse the string as a boolean value.
Is there an easy way to parse the boolean value from the source text property and insert it directly into my setAutoLeading expression? I could of course use an IF statement to get around the issue, but I would like to check first if I’m missing a simpler solution.
Thanks!
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4 Replies
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You could simply check if the word is “true” by changing the second line to
GEN = style.setAutoLeading(aL == "true");
If the word is anything else but “true”, auto leading is set to false.
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Thank you for the quick reply!
That’s a good workaround. Do you have any idea about whether what I asked about initially is simply impossible within the limitations of JS?
That is, if there’s any way to parse a non-numerical string into a boolean value? Would be good to know for future reference.
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I guess you could parse it with eval(), like this:
aL = eval(thisComp.layer("orderData").text.sourceText.split(",")[3]); -
Cool, thank you very much!
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