Retrieve boolean data from data attribute in jquery

Question

I am trying to retrieve a data attribute of type Boolean from an html DIV element , however it is always returning false when the string is converted to boolean .

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Answer 1

jQuery recognizes the string "true" as it's boolean counterpart (in the context of data attributes) and thus:

typeof isreturn_str; // boolean

but you're strictly comparing to the string 'true' which yields false as a string is not a boolean.