grp.getvalue() returned value

[Kapudan]

Hi all,

here a very simple question.
What type of data does grp.getvalue() return?

I didn't understand why this code works
    
    variable  = grp.getvalue('1/1/1')
    if (variable == true) then...    

while this not

    variable  = grp.getvalue('1/1/1')
    if (variable == 1) then ...


1/1/1 is defined on LM as 01.001 Switch