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Decimal.Equals Method (Decimal, Decimal)
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns a value indicating whether two specified instances of Decimal represent the same value.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- d1
-
Type:
System.Decimal
The first value to compare.
- d2
-
Type:
System.Decimal
The second value to compare.
The following code example compares several Decimal values to a reference Decimal value using the static Equals method.
' Example of the Decimal.Compare and static Decimal.Equals methods. Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Module DecCompareEqualsDemo Const dataFmt As String = "{0,-45}{1}" ' Compare Decimal parameters, and display them with the results. Sub CompareDecimals( Left as Decimal, Right as Decimal, _ RightText as String ) Console.WriteLine( ) Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Right: " & RightText, Right ) Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Decimal.Equals( Left, Right )", _ Decimal.Equals( Left, Right ) ) Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, _ "Decimal.Compare( Left, Right )", _ Decimal.Compare( Left, Right ) ) End Sub Sub Main( ) Console.WriteLine( _ "This example of the Decimal.Equals( Decimal, " & _ "Decimal ) and " & vbCrLf & "Decimal.Compare( " & _ "Decimal, Decimal ) methods generates the " & vbCrLf & _ "following output. It creates several different " & _ "Decimal " & vbCrLf & "values and compares them " & _ "with the following reference value." & vbCrLf ) ' Create a reference Decimal value. Dim Left as New Decimal( 123.456 ) Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Left: Decimal( 123.456 )", Left ) ' Create Decimal values to compare with the reference. CompareDecimals( Left, New Decimal( 1.2345600E+2 ), _ "Decimal( 1.2345600E+2 )" ) CompareDecimals( Left, 123.4561D, "123.4561D" ) CompareDecimals( Left, 123.4559D, "123.4559D" ) CompareDecimals( Left, 123.456000D, "123.456000D" ) CompareDecimals( Left, _ New Decimal( 123456000, 0, 0, false, 6 ), _ "Decimal( 123456000, 0, 0, false, 6 )" ) End Sub End Module ' This example of the Decimal.Equals( Decimal, Decimal ) and ' Decimal.Compare( Decimal, Decimal ) methods generates the ' following output. It creates several different Decimal ' values and compares them with the following reference value. ' ' Left: Decimal( 123.456 ) 123.456 ' ' Right: Decimal( 1.2345600E+2 ) 123.456 ' Decimal.Equals( Left, Right ) True ' Decimal.Compare( Left, Right ) 0 ' ' Right: 123.4561D 123.4561 ' Decimal.Equals( Left, Right ) False ' Decimal.Compare( Left, Right ) -1 ' ' Right: 123.4559D 123.4559 ' Decimal.Equals( Left, Right ) False ' Decimal.Compare( Left, Right ) 1 ' ' Right: 123.456000D 123.456 ' Decimal.Equals( Left, Right ) True ' Decimal.Compare( Left, Right ) 0 ' ' Right: Decimal( 123456000, 0, 0, false, 6 ) 123.456000 ' Decimal.Equals( Left, Right ) True ' Decimal.Compare( Left, Right ) 0
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