c++ bool question [duplicate]

Question

I was wondering, does true equal to 1 and false equal to 0 and how?

Answer 1

false == 0 and true = !false

i.e. anything that is not zero and can be converted to a boolean is not false, thus it must be true.

Some examples to clarify:

if(0)          // false if(1)          // true if(2)          // true if(0 == false) // true if(0 == true)  // false if(1 == false) // false if(1 == true)  // true if(2 == false) // false if(2 == true)  // false cout << false  // 0 cout << true   // 1 

true evaluates to 1, but any int that is not false (i.e. 0) evaluates to true but is not equal to true since it isn't equal to 1.