What is the difference between bool and Boolean types in C#

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Gary Willoughby picture Gary Willoughby · Sep 25, 2008 · Viewed 187.5k times · Source

What is the difference between bool and Boolean types in C#?

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Kent Boogaart picture Kent Boogaart · Sep 25, 2008

bool is an alias for System.Boolean just as int is an alias for System.Int32. See a full list of aliases here: Built-In Types Table (C# Reference).

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