[Skunkworks] Question : A string as a bool value

- I'm working on setting up an http interface and one requirement that am working with was to take a string and use it's status as a bool. The result of the string I then run the bool in a conditional if/else block, and it works fine when true but is not triggered when false. Even tried with a null, same result. Anyone been down this road and willing to share some info? I believe this question is not language dependent. -File stream: Not sure whether the stream referred to in programming is in binary format? E.g. in the comms world, streams are modulated binaries in a digital signal i.e the payload binaries are carried by a modulated carrier. Anyone care to discuss the file streams in programs. Cheers. :-)