Type.Equals Method (Type)
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Determines if the underlying system type of the current Type is the same as the underlying system type of the specified Type.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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.Booleantrue 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.
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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 '
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