talend cannot convert from string to boolean

[Anonymous]

Hi Team,
I have input field  is string and output is also string.

Using this field to write expression (I need to filter data based on this condition) row3.Organization_Name.equals("MM")
and also I tried row3.Organization_Name=="MM"

but it gives error cannot convert string to Boolean. can u please help me with solution

do we have like operator in talen..because I need to handle row3.Organization_Name like"M%"

[rgagnon]

To simulate a LIKE operator, try something like this as a filter :

StringHandling.LEFT(row3.Organization_Name ,1).equals("M")

[Anonymous]

The String class should have all you need.
You can say row3.Organization_Name.startsWith("M")
I'm not sure why your example would give you a String to Boolean error. You definitely cannot use "==" as this will always return false.
And don't forget to always null test first.