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The bool type can represent a true or false value.<\/p>\n<p>Example of defining a boolean type:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdbool.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">bool<\/span> flag = <span class=\"hljs-literal\">true<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Example using bool type:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdbool.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">bool<\/span> flag = <span class=\"hljs-literal\">true<\/span>;\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (flag) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"The flag is true.\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n    } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"The flag is false.\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n    }\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In C language, true is defined as 1, and false is defined as 0. 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