String.Equality Operator

The Equality method defines the operation of the equality operator for the String class.

This operator is implemented using the Equals method, which means the comparands are tested for a combination of reference and value equality. This operator performs an ordinal comparison.

Note:
The Visual Basic compiler does not resolve the equality operator as a call to the Equality method. Instead, the equality operator wraps a call to Operators.CompareString.

The following example demonstrates the equality operator.

// Example for the String Equality operator. 
using System;

class EqualityOp 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        Console.WriteLine( 
            "This example of the String Equality operator\n" +
            "generates the following output.\n" );

        CompareAndDisplay( "ijkl" );
        CompareAndDisplay( "ABCD" );
        CompareAndDisplay( "abcd" );
    }

    static void CompareAndDisplay( string Comparand )
    {
        String  Lower = "abcd";

        Console.WriteLine( 
            "\"{0}\" == \"{1}\" ?  {2}",
            Lower, Comparand, Lower == Comparand );
    }
}

/*
This example of the String Equality operator 
generates the following output.

"abcd" == "ijkl" ?  False
"abcd" == "ABCD" ?  False
"abcd" == "abcd" ?  True
*/

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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