What's the point of Boolean values if they have the same outcome as conditional statements?

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Ok, so I know that he mentioned that this was a common way to keep track of a certain condition throughout a program, but why? Can't the same thing be achieved without these values? And why was the value placed in a variable in the first line of code:
var correctGuess = false;
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1;

Zack Lee · Answer

a boolean is a fundamental value that defines a binary true or false. a conditional statement actually outputs a boolean value. it uses the boolean to determine if it is running or not. you can replace any statement in a conditional with simply a boolean. 
i.e.
javascript
if(true){
...
}

or
javascript
while(true){
...
}

you can also store a boolean value in a variable. this variable is basically just a boolean by another name.
```javascript
var thisVariable = true;
if(thisVariable){
 //execute some code
}
```
booleans are very useful and theres is no simpler way to recreate their value. booleans are the heart of computers. all machine code is made up of 1's and 0's, which are binary values, equivalent to true or false, yes or no, on or off. bay far booleans are the most fundamental building block of all computer logic.

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What's the point of Boolean values if they have the same outcome as conditional statements?

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