# boolean¶

boolean

Conversion data type to boolean data type

Result = boolean(expression)

expression
spatial, non spatial nominal, ordinal, scalar, directional, ldd
Result
dimension of expression boolean

## Operation¶

If expression is a PCRaster map or a calculation resulting in a PCRaster map of one of the data types nominal, ordinal, scalar, directional or ldd, converts to a Boolean data type with Boolean cell values, where 1 is TRUE and 0 is FALSE. Each expression cell value not equal to 0 is assigned a 1 (TRUE) on Result; each expression cell value equal to 0 is assigned a 0 (FALSE) on Result. Or it generates a map of boolean data type with one constant value.

If expression has no PCRaster data type, boolean generates a boolean Result. This is the case if expression is a number. This number must be in the domain of the boolean map type, i.e. 0 or 1. Result will be a map with the same location attributes as the global clone map ; all cells will have the value of expression.

## Notes¶

A cell with missing value on expression is assigned a missing value on Result.

## Group¶

This operation belongs to the group of Conversion and assignment

## Examples¶

1. • pcrcalc
binding
Result = Result.map;
Expr = Expr.map;
initial
report Result = boolean(Expr);

• python