freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/Understanding Boolean Values.md

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id: bd7123c9c441eddfaeb5bdef
title: Understanding Boolean Values
challengeType: 1
---

## Description
<section id='description'>
Another data type is the <dfn>Boolean</dfn>. <code>Booleans</code> may only be one of two values: <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>. They are basically little on-off switches, where <code>true</code> is "on" and <code>false</code> is "off."  These two states are mutually exclusive.
<strong>Note</strong><br><code>Boolean</code> values are never written with quotes. The <code>strings</code> <code>"true"</code> and <code>"false"</code> are not <code>Boolean</code> and have no special meaning in JavaScript.
</section>

## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
Modify the <code>welcomeToBooleans</code> function so that it returns <code>true</code> instead of <code>false</code> when the run button is clicked.
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## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
- text: 'The <code>welcomeToBooleans()</code> function should return a boolean &#40;true/false&#41; value.'
  testString: 'assert(typeof welcomeToBooleans() === "boolean", "The <code>welcomeToBooleans()</code> function should return a boolean &#40;true/false&#41; value.");'
- text: <code>welcomeToBooleans()</code> should return true.
  testString: 'assert(welcomeToBooleans() === true, "<code>welcomeToBooleans()</code> should return true.");'

```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>

<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function welcomeToBooleans() {

// Only change code below this line.

return false; // Change this line

// Only change code above this line.
}
```

</div>


### After Test
<div id='js-teardown'>

```js
console.info('after the test');
```

</div>

</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>


```js
function welcomeToBooleans() {
  return true; // Change this line
}
```

</section>