# Return True or False

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-true-or-false/162436>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 13, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-true-or-false/162436 "2005-09-13T11:51:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![akademik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@akademik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/akademik)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-true-or-false/162436/1 "2005-09-13T11:51:35Z")

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What is the most simplified way to get flash to return True(1) if a variable is \> 0, returns False(-1) if a variable is \< 0, and returns nothing(0) if the variable is 0?