Assert.AreEqual Method (String, String, Boolean, CultureInfo, String, array<Object[])

Verifies that two specified strings are equal, ignoring case or not as specified, and using the culture info specified. The assertion fails if they are not equal. Displays a message if the assertion fails, and applies the specified formatting to it.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreEqual ( _
    expected As String, _
    actual As String, _
    ignoreCase As Boolean, _
    culture As CultureInfo, _
    message As String, _
    ParamArray parameters As Object() _
)

'Usage
Dim expected As String 
Dim actual As String 
Dim ignoreCase As Boolean 
Dim culture As CultureInfo 
Dim message As String 
Dim parameters As Object()

Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual, ignoreCase, _
    culture, message, parameters)

public static void AreEqual(
    string expected,
    string actual,
    bool ignoreCase,
    CultureInfo culture,
    string message,
    params Object[] parameters
)

public:
static void AreEqual(
    String^ expected, 
    String^ actual, 
    bool ignoreCase, 
    CultureInfo^ culture, 
    String^ message, 
    ... array<Object^>^ parameters
)

public static function AreEqual(
    expected : String, 
    actual : String, 
    ignoreCase : boolean, 
    culture : CultureInfo, 
    message : String, 
    ... parameters : Object[]
)

Parameters

• expected
  Type: System.String

• actual
  Type: System.String

• ignoreCase
  Type: System.Boolean

  A Boolean value that indicates a case-sensitive or insensitive comparison. true indicates a case-insensitive comparison.

• culture
  Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo

• message
  Type: System.String

• parameters
  Type: array<System.Object[]

Exceptions

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Assert Class

Assert Members

AreEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes