.Equals()
Published Mar 18, 2023Updated Oct 12, 2023
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The .Equals()
method determines whether two string objects have the same value or not.
Syntax
String.Equals(string1, string2)
string1.Equals(string2)
.Equals()
is a method of class String
. This method will take two parameters in the form of string objects and check their values for equality.
This method returns a boolean value of true
or false
.
Example
The following example demonstrates the .Equals()
method. Two parameters are passed to the method and the return value is printed with the Console.WriteLine()
method.
using System;class EqualsMethod {public static void Main(string[] args){string s1 = "Codecademy";string s2 = "Codecademy";Console.WriteLine(s1.Equals(s2));}}
This example results in the following output:
True
Codebyte Example
In this executable example, the string variables can be modified. The output will be the result of the .Equals()
method:
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