I saw one example

int x = 10;
int y = 5;

bool isGreater = x > y;

printf("%d", isGreater);

But I could write this

int x = 10;
int y = 5;

printf("%d", x > y);

I am a complete beginner and I have no real reason why I would or would not want to deal with boolean variables, but I want to understand their raison d’être.

Edit: typo city

  • durinn@programming.devOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    But I think one has to keep apart return codes that are signals to the OS and the end user, and 1/0 in a true/false context in conditional statements.