Convert True/False value read from file to boolean

Question

I\'m reading a True - False value from a file and I need to convert it to boolean. Currently it always converts it to True even if the value is set

Answer 1

If you need quick way to convert strings into bools (that functions with most strings) try.

def conv2bool(arg):
   try:
     res= (arg[0].upper()) == "T"
   except Exception,e:
     res= False
   return res # or do some more processing with arg if res is false