# Read "true" as true

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/read-true-as-true/94906>\
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**Created:** [November 18, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/read-true-as-true/94906 "2003-11-18T06:56:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/read-true-as-true/94906/1 "2003-11-18T06:56:40Z")

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I am pulling the words “true” and “false” from a query, but in flash I need them to be the values of true and false, not strings, is there a way to convert this datatype?