Boolean

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Either true (1) or false (0). Variables of this type should not be used to store any other values. Like C++, 20-sim evaluates non-zero values as true; only the value of zero is evaluated as false. Normally, the value of one is used to indicate true.

Examples

boolean a;

boolean b = true;

boolean c = false;

boolean D[2,2] = [true,true;false;false];

a = b and c;

 

Limitations

When used in standard functions, booleans are treated as reals with value 0 or 1. An equation like:

 

boolean a = true;

real c;

c = sin(a);

 

would yield c equal to 0.8415. Try to avoid these constructions, since they lead to confusions.