# Can Flash retrun a value from XML as a boolean?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-retrun-a-value-from-xml-as-a-boolean/201107>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 18, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-retrun-a-value-from-xml-as-a-boolean/201107 "2006-09-18T15:24:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevs102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@stevs102](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stevs102)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-flash-retrun-a-value-from-xml-as-a-boolean/201107/1 "2006-09-18T15:24:43Z")

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Basically I have an XML doc with certain tags that contain true or false. Flash returns these as strings, even if I specificy the tag as a boolean. I’ve tried everything I know.