boolean-like

Simple helper function to cast a value into boolean.

npm install boolean-like

| given value | casted value | |------------:|:--------------| | undefined | false | | null | false | | false | false | | 0 | false | | "" | false | | "false" | false | | true | true | | 1 | true | | "true" | true |

Usage

const blike = require('boolean-like')

const config = {
  enabled: blike(process.env.IS_ENABLED || false)
}

if (!config.enabled) {
  console.error('the variable was evaluated to `false`')
  process.exit(1)
}

console.log('the variable was evaluated to `true`')

$ IS_ENABLED=1 node ./sample.js
  the variable was evaluated to `true`

$ IS_ENABLED=false node ./sample.js
  the variable was evaluated to `false`