Equality Operator

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Determines whether two specified strings have the same value.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Operator = ( _
    a As String, _
    b As String _
) As Boolean

public static bool operator ==(
    string a,
    string b
)

public:
static bool operator ==(
    String^ a, 
    String^ b
)

static let inline (=)
        a:string * 
        b:string  : bool

JScript does not support overloaded operators.

Parameters

• a
  Type: System. . :: . .String
  The first string to compare, or nullNothingnullptrunita null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

• b
  Type: System. . :: . .String
  The second string to compare, or nullNothingnullptrunita null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Boolean
true if the value of a is the same as the value of b; otherwise, false.

Remarks

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.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

String Class

System Namespace