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Assert.AreEqual Method (Object, Object)

Visual Studio 2005

Verifies that two specified objects are equal. The assertion fails if the objects are not equal.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.unittestframework.dll)

Syntax

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public static void AreEqual (
	Object expected,
	Object actual
)

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public static void AreEqual (
	Object expected, 
	Object actual
)

JScript

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public static function AreEqual (
	expected : Object, 
	actual : Object
)

Parameters

expected: The first object to compare. This is the object the unit test expects.

actual: The second object to compare. This is the object the unit test produced.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
AssertFailedException	expected is not equal to actual.

Remarks

Different numeric types are treated as unequal even if the logical values are equal. For example, 42L is not equal to 42.

Reference

Assert Class
Assert Members
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Concepts

Using the Assert Classes

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