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.TH Bool.parse 3 2025-04-21 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Bool.parse \- parse into boolean
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Bool.parse\ :\ func(text:\ Text\ ->\ Bool?)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Converts a text representation of a boolean value into a boolean. Acceptable boolean values are case-insensitive variations of `yes`/`no`, `y`/`n`, `true`/`false`, `on`/`off`.


.SH ARGUMENTS

.TS
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Name	Type	Description	Default
text	Text	The string containing the boolean value. 	-
.TE
.SH RETURN
`yes` if the string matches a recognized truthy boolean value; otherwise return `no`.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
>> Bool.parse("yes")
= yes : Bool?
>> Bool.parse("no")
= no : Bool?
>> Bool.parse("???")
= none : Bool?
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