Assert.AreEqual<T> Method (T, T, String)

Verifies that two specified generic type data are equal by using the equality operator. The assertion fails if they are not equal. Displays a message if the assertion fails.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreEqual(Of T) ( _
    expected As T, _
    actual As T, _
    message As String _
)

'Usage
Dim expected As T
Dim actual As T
Dim message As String 

Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual, message)

public static void AreEqual<T>(
    T expected,
    T actual,
    string message
)

public:
generic<typename T>
static void AreEqual(
    T expected, 
    T actual, 
    String^ message
)

JScript does not support generic types or methods.

Type Parameters

• T

Parameters

• expected
  Type: T

• actual
  Type: T

• message
  Type: System.String

Exceptions

Remarks

Different numeric types are treated as equal if the logical values are equal. For example, 42L is equal to 42.

T represents the type of values to compare.

.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