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

"true" is internally casted to boolean (try alert (typeof(isreturn_str))), hence your === comparison fails on type check.

You could call .toString()

isreturn_str = $('#test').data('return').toString();

http://jsfiddle.net/494wC/8/