Get value from radios as boolean instead of string

Question

I have a function like below to get the values of a series of radio that can either be True or False.

universalDetails = ['thing1', 'thing2', 'thing3'];

    $.each(universalDetails, function(idx, name) {

        universalDetails[idx] = {

            name: name,

            value: $('input[name=' + name + ']:checked', '#universalAttributes').val()

        };

    });

However, when I run this, the

value

comes back as a string ("True" or "False") versus a boolean. How can I adjust this to ensure I return a boolen and push into

universalDetails

?

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Answer 1

You can use .is() to check the current element

value: $('input[name=' + name + ']', '#universalAttributes').is(':checked')

OR Use the length property

value: $('input[name=' + name + ']:checked', '#universalAttributes').length > 0

Get value from radios as boolean instead of string

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