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public class Utility 
{

 public static final boolean stringToBoolean(String str) 
 {
        if (str.equals("0")) {
            return false;
        }
        str = str.toLowerCase();
        if (str.equals("false")) {
            return false;
        }
        if (str.equals("no")) {
            return false;
        }
        //if it's non false, it's true by definition
        return true;
 }

 /* now lets test it */
 public static void main(String args[])
 {
        if (args.length > 0) {
            if (Utility.stringToBoolean(args[0])) {
                System.out.println(args[0] + " is TRUE");
            }
            else {
                System.out.println(args[0] + " is FALSE");
            }  
        }
        else {
            System.out.println("Run the program with a bool to test");
        }
 }
}