Assert.AreNotEqual Method (String, String, Boolean, CultureInfo, String)

Verifies that two specified strings are not equal, ignoring case or not as specified, and using the culture info specified. The assertion fails if they are 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 AreNotEqual ( _
    notExpected As String, _
    actual As String, _
    ignoreCase As Boolean, _
    culture As CultureInfo, _
    message As String _
)

'Usage
Dim notExpected As String 
Dim actual As String 
Dim ignoreCase As Boolean 
Dim culture As CultureInfo 
Dim message As String 

Assert.AreNotEqual(notExpected, actual, _
    ignoreCase, culture, message)

public static void AreNotEqual(
    string notExpected,
    string actual,
    bool ignoreCase,
    CultureInfo culture,
    string message
)

public:
static void AreNotEqual(
    String^ notExpected, 
    String^ actual, 
    bool ignoreCase, 
    CultureInfo^ culture, 
    String^ message
)

public static function AreNotEqual(
    notExpected : String, 
    actual : String, 
    ignoreCase : boolean, 
    culture : CultureInfo, 
    message : String
)

Parameters

• notExpected
  Type: System.String

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

• 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

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

AreNotEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes