Etherscan Input bool is 1 or true or True

Question

I want to execute a smart contract function that takes input bool.

Here for example makes the distinction that web3 uses javascript which doesn't consider 1 as true, but solidity does consider 1 as true.

So my question is, if a Write Function in Etherscan takes input bool, say I want to specify True, do I input 1 or true or True?

Sergi Juanati · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-01T16:04:31.187

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In Remix:

Whatever you pass to the bool parameter will become true except if you pass the value false.

You can easily check this through a simple contract with Remix:

pragma solidity ^0.8.1;
contract Test {
    function isBool(bool check) external pure returns(bool) {
        if (check) return true;
        else return false;
    }
}

In Etherscan:

Etherscan seems to accept only the following inputs giving these outputs:

Input: true or 1 => returns true
Input: false or 0 => returns false

Anything different to these input values is returning:

SyntaxError: Unexpected number in JSON at position 1

Feel free to check it in Ropsten at 0xD394C76C16E7a4a29221218F194A14f6074De6a3

edited Mar 01 '21 at 16:04

answered Mar 01 '21 at 15:45

Sergi Juanati

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what if I pass 0, does that become false too? – tintinthong Mar 01 '21 at 15:48
Nop. Passing 0 returns true. 0 is just another number. – Sergi Juanati Mar 01 '21 at 15:49
Thanks! You are talking in the context of Etherscan right? 'Im worried I don't know how they parse the inputs. – tintinthong Mar 01 '21 at 15:53
Good point. I deployed and verified the contract in Etherscan and apparently the inputs/outputs are slightly different vs. Remix. I'll update my answer. – Sergi Juanati Mar 01 '21 at 15:58

Etherscan Input bool is 1 or true or True

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