Equals Method (Type)
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Type.Equals Method (Type)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Determines if the underlying system type of the current Type is the same as the underlying system type of the specified Type.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Function Equals ( _
	o As Type _
) As Boolean

Parameters

o
Type: System.Type
The Type whose underlying system type is to be compared with the underlying system type of the current Type.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the underlying system type of o is the same as the underlying system type of the current Type; otherwise, false.

The following example uses Equals to compare two types.


Imports System.Reflection



Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      Dim a As Type = GetType(System.String)
      Dim b As Type = GetType(System.Int32)

      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} = {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) & vbCrLf
      ' The Type objects in a and b are not equal,
      ' because they represent different types.

      a = GetType(Example)
      b = New Example().GetType()
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} is equal to {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) & vbCrLf
      ' The Type objects in a and b are equal,
      ' because they both represent type Example.

      b = GetType(Type)
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("typeof({0}).Equals(typeof({1})): {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) & vbCrLf
      ' The Type objects in a and b are not equal,
      ' because variable a represents type Example
      ' and variable b represents type Type.

      'Console.ReadLine()

   End Sub
End Class
'
' This code example produces the following output:
'    System.String = System.Int32: False
'    Example is equal to Example: True
'    typeof(Example).Equals(typeof(System.Type)): False
'


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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