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JackWoods
Qrew Trainee
4 years ago

Checkbox Formula to give me a 1 or a 0

Hey hey 

I was trying to figure out the formula so that when I check a checkbox (In another field) it will give me either a one or a zero in this formula field that I'm trying to build. I imagine it will look thing like...

If([Checkbox Field]="Checked",1,0)

This doesn't seem to work... error message is 

"the operator = can not be applied to types bool"

please advise how I can set this formula field up - Thank you!


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  • MarkShnier__You's avatar
    MarkShnier__You
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    4 years ago
    Try this

    If([Checkbox Field] = true,1,0)


    (as an aside, the opposite if true in this syntax would be false)


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    • JackWoods's avatar
      JackWoods
      Qrew Trainee
      4 years ago
      I knew it was something silly. I was trying yes/no - checked/unchecked. everything else but True/False. thank you.

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      • MarkShnier__You's avatar
        MarkShnier__You
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        4 years ago
        You could have also just done this

        If([Checkbox Field] ,1,0)

        That is because [Checkbox field] is a boolean which means it's either true or false.   So QB would evaluate the expression [Checkbox field] and it will either true or false on its own.  But I recognize that the formula reads a bit easier for humans the original way I posed.


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