Questions about the "not" statement

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#1

if a bool variable is using a “not” statement for example

local Opened = false

if Opened == false then
 
end
-- Instead of that ^ i want to use the "not" statement because it looks cleaner but i'm still confused.

if not opened then  -- I want this to be "If opened == false" but Would it be "If opened == true" because it's a not statement?
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#2

I’m very lost can you explain what you are trying to use the code for?

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#3

i think not means if its not there or is nil but thats me

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#4 
if not opened then

…will check if ‘opened’ is false, regardless of the current value of ‘opened’.

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#5

i just want my scripts to look cleaner lol

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#6

You can flip whatever the current boolean is:

local opened = false

opened = not opened

And then do something based on the current state:

if opened then

else

end
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#7

does it work with all bools? or only variables

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#8

Do note that booleans have different behaviors compared to other variables.

local str: string = "what"

if str then -- prints because string exists (acts like if str ~= nil then)
	warn("what")
else
	warn("what2")
end

vs

local bool: boolean = false

if bool then 
	warn("what")
else
	warn("what2") -- prints because bool == false
end

if bool ~= nil then -- for bools if you want to check if it's nil or not, you'd have to do this
	warn("what3")
end
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#9

Quick question why do you do local variablename: instance instead of local name = instance

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#10

It’s basically typechecking, it’s completely optional and won’t affect anything on your script except tell what ‘type’ a variable is (which allows the autocomplete to display functions and properties specific to that type).

You can read more about it here.

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#11

You’re complicating this more than necessary, not just flips a Boolean value.

not false --true
not true --false
local exp = 1
not exp --false (1 is truthy).
exp --true (1 is truthy).
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