Assert.AreNotEqual Method (Object, Object, String, array<Object[])

Verifies that two specified objects are not equal. The assertion fails if the objects are 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 AreNotEqual ( _
    notExpected As Object, _
    actual As Object, _
    message As String, _
    ParamArray parameters As Object() _
)

'Usage
Dim notExpected As Object 
Dim actual As Object 
Dim message As String 
Dim parameters As Object()

Assert.AreNotEqual(notExpected, actual, _
    message, parameters)

public static void AreNotEqual(
    Object notExpected,
    Object actual,
    string message,
    params Object[] parameters
)

public:
static void AreNotEqual(
    Object^ notExpected, 
    Object^ actual, 
    String^ message, 
    ... array<Object^>^ parameters
)

public static function AreNotEqual(
    notExpected : Object, 
    actual : Object, 
    message : String, 
    ... parameters : Object[]
)

Parameters

• notExpected
  Type: System.Object

  The first object to compare. This is the object the unit test expects not to match actual.

• actual
  Type: System.Object

• message
  Type: System.String

• parameters
  Type: array<System.Object[]

Exceptions

Remarks

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

.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

AreNotEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes