You can not assign string value to bool but You can check it str1 is nil or not like this way :
myBool = str1 != nil ? true : false
print(myBool)
It will print false because str1 is empty.
You can not assign string value to bool but You can check it str1 is nil or not like this way :
myBool = str1 != nil ? true : false
print(myBool)
It will print false because str1 is empty.