i'm confused about the map's 'GET' function return value type

  form the tutorial, it seems not have to do explicit casting

  https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/community/topic/map%28%29-tutorial-%28intermediate%29

  but when i try the following codes (firstly, create a "num_val" number field)

  vars = map();

  vars.put("Num", 123);

  num_val = vars.get("Num");

  i got error message like this

  Variable 'num_val' is already defined of datatype 'BIGINT' but trying to update 'STRING' datatype

  so i have to do a type casting explicitly like this

  same for other variable types (date, time)

  vars.put("Bool", true);

  bool_val = vars.get("Bool");

  i can only retrieve a 'null' value, and can not find a way to cast back to boolean

  to compromise, i revise the codes like below

  vars.put("Bool", "true"); // store a string value

  bool_val = (vars.get("Bool") == "true");

  this lowers down the readability

  is there any better way to pass boolean in map

  please advise

  thanks

Regards, Matthew