Boolean Data type Usage and Type Conversion in Kotlin

Definition

• Boolean data type represents only two values.Either true or false.
• The data type can be either declared explicitly or the compiler itself has the ability to infer the type of the assigned value.
• In JVM, the characteristics of this “Long” variable is derived from the characteristics of primitive type “long” of Java which has a non-nullable default value.

Syntax and declaration

Thus a Boolean value can be declared by 3 ways as mentioned below.

1. Mentioning type explicitly

val variable_name : Boolean = true

for example,

val check : Boolean = false

2. Data type is automatically inferred

val variable_name = true

for example,

val check = false

3. Declaring and Initializing separately

var variable_name : Boolean
variable_name = true

for example

//Declaring and Initializing separately
var check:Boolean
check = true

Boolean Datatype Example Program in Kotlin

// Boolean Datatype Kotlin example program
// Data type Kotlin Programs, Basic Kotlin Programs
	
fun main(args:Array<String>) {
    //Assigning value to Boolean variable explicitly
    val a:Boolean = true
    //Declaring a Boolean value immediately
    val b:Boolean = false
    
    println("Boolean value in a is $a")
    println("Boolean value in b is $b")
}

Sample Output

Boolean value in a is true
Boolean value in b is false