boolean.md

Boolean (true or false)

A boolean is a true or false value, and you type them just like that, true and false.

Often in programming, we need to ask a true or false question, like:

• "Is this class in the current semester?"
• "Is this person's birthday today?"

When we ask those questions, we get a boolean value returned.

Functions that return boolean values

The functions true? and false? are used to test if a value is either true or false.

The = function is used to compare two values. If they are equal, then true is returned, if not then its false

Other functions (also known as predicates) also return true or false

• odd? and even? will tell you if a number is odd or even

Note::Evaluate the Boolean values and functions that return boolean values in the REPL

Type some expressions to test out the truthiness of things.

Look at the truthiness reference guide for more examples

;; (true? (= 1 1))
(false? (= 7 (+ 3 3)))

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Hint::

There is another value nil, which behaves like a boolean in terms of truthiness.

But, nil means no value at all and not a boolean

Boolean values are often used in functions that evaluate a condition, such as for or cond.

Reference: Truthiness