Kotlin Booleans
Kotlin Booleans
Very often, in programming, you will need a data type that can only have one of two values, like:
- YES / NO
- ON / OFF
- TRUE / FALSE
For this, Kotlin has a Boolean data type, which can take the values true or false.
Boolean Values
A boolean type can be declared with the Boolean keyword and can only take the values true or false:
Example
val isKotlinFun: Boolean = true
val isFishTasty: Boolean = false
println(isKotlinFun) // Outputs true
println(isFishTasty) // Outputs false
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Just like you have learned with other data types in the previous chapters, the example above can also be written without specifying the type, as Kotlin is smart enough to understand that the variables are Booleans:
Example
val isKotlinFun = true
val isFishTasty = false
println(isKotlinFun) // Outputs true
println(isFishTasty) // Outputs false
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Boolean Expression
A Boolean expression returns a Boolean value: true or false.
You can use a comparison operator, such as the greater than (>) operator to find out if an expression (or a variable) is true:
Example
val x = 10
val y = 9
println(x > y) // Returns true, because 10 is
greater than 9
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Or even easier:
In the examples below, we use the equal to (==) operator to evaluate an expression:
Example
val x = 10;
println(x == 10); // Returns true, because the value
of x is equal to 10
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The Boolean value of an expression is the basis for all Kotlin comparisons and conditions.
You will learn more about conditions in the next chapter.
