How do you check if the bool variable is true?

Question

How do you check if bacon is true, and what is the command to print or produce a readable output?

int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if ("bacon") == true;
    print("this worked?");
}

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abelenky · Answer 1 · 2017-05-21T00:49:55.287

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int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if (bacon)
    {
        printf("this worked?");
    }
}

The function you were looking for is printf, for "Print Formatted"

edited May 21 '17 at 00:49

answered May 21 '17 at 00:44

abelenky

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Thank you! I thought it was print, but I guess lua has a few differences with keywords. – KiraCChan May 21 '17 at 00:54
@KiraCChan That's a function, not a keyword. – user2296177 May 21 '17 at 00:58
...Yep. I'm a complete newbie at C++, Sorry. – KiraCChan May 21 '17 at 00:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '17 at 12:01

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Don't wrap bacon variable by double quotes in if condition. Change it to

 if (bacon == true)

OR simply

if(bacon) //this is equal to bacon == true

answered May 21 '17 at 12:01

PEHLAJ

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score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '17 at 01:48

Another way to do it would be:

int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if (bacon == true)
    {
        printf("this worked?");
    }
}

or:

int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if (bacon != false)
    {
        printf("this worked?");
    }
}

or:

int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if (bacon != 0)
    {
        printf("this worked?");
    }
}

or:

int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if (!bacon == false)
    {
        printf("this worked?");
    }
}

or:

int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if (!bacon == false)
    {
        printf("this worked?");
    }
}

or:

#include <iostream>
int main() {
    bool bacon = true;
    if (bacon)
    {
        std::cout << "this worked?";
    }
}

Hopefully, that will give you enough different ways to think about :). By the way, be very careful not to use a single = for comparing things!

Also, you probably should spend at least an hour or two trying to figure things out on your own before you post here because people tend to get overly aggravated about helping people they have personally decided haven't put their own work into the problem. For the same reason, you should give as much information as possible about what you have tried already, which also helps speed up the process of having your question answered.

Thank you for the variations! I will certainly think about these various ways, and find the most efficient in them. Also, good to know. I thought it was ==, because LUA.RBX does it like that when comparing, then again, it's a scripting language... Also, regarding the last part, I will spend more time searching, as I have noticed people like πάντα ῥεῖ have gone out of their way to vent their frustration of "inadequate" questions upon me, when as others have stated, there are various resources. I just didn't know where to start. Again, thank you for your positive and quite informative answer! — KiraCChan, May 21 '17 at 02:28

How do you check if the bool variable is true?

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