String.Equality Operator
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Determines whether two specified String objects have the same value.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- a
- Type: System.String
The first string to compare, or null.
- b
- Type: System.String
The second string to compare, or null.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the value of a is the same as the value of b; otherwise, false.
The following code example demonstrates the equality operator.
// Example for the String Equality operator. using System; class Example { public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { outputBlock.Text += "This example of the String Equality operator\n" + "generates the following output.\n" + "\n"; CompareAndDisplay(outputBlock, "ijkl"); CompareAndDisplay(outputBlock, "ABCD"); CompareAndDisplay(outputBlock, "abcd"); } static void CompareAndDisplay(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock, string Comparand) { String Lower = "abcd"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format( "\"{0}\" == \"{1}\" ? {2}", Lower, Comparand, Lower == Comparand) + "\n"; } } /* This example of the String Equality operator generates the following output. "abcd" == "ijkl" ? False "abcd" == "ABCD" ? False "abcd" == "abcd" ? True */
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