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marting
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2 years ago

JSON Path capability in a Webpage DataSource

I think the answer to this is gonna be “You need to script it, dummy”, but figured I’d check anyway... I'm working on a new DataSource that pulls/interprets JSON data from a peudo-custom system via ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    There’s an easier way than this:

    function parseBooleanValue(value) {
      if (value === 'true') {
        return 1;
      } else if (value === 'false') {
        return 0;
      } else {
        return null; // or throw an error, depending on how you want to handle invalid values
      }
    }

    It uses the ternary operator:

    (value == "true") ? 1 : 0

    This is exactly equivalent to:

    if (value == "true") {
      return 1
    } else {
      return 0
    }

    No need for a function at all, it’s overkill.

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
2 years ago

There’s an easier way than this:

function parseBooleanValue(value) {
  if (value === 'true') {
    return 1;
  } else if (value === 'false') {
    return 0;
  } else {
    return null; // or throw an error, depending on how you want to handle invalid values
  }
}

It uses the ternary operator:

(value == "true") ? 1 : 0

This is exactly equivalent to:

if (value == "true") {
  return 1
} else {
  return 0
}

No need for a function at all, it’s overkill.