String Equals with overloaded operator, member method and static member method : String Compare « Data Type « VB.Net Tutorial

Option Strict On
 Imports System

 Class Tester

     Public Shared Sub Main( )
         Dim s1 As String = "abcd"
         Dim s2 As String = "ABCD"

         ' the String copy method
         Dim s5 As String = String.Copy(s2)
         Console.WriteLine("s5 copied from s2: {0}", s5)

         ' copy with the overloaded operator
         Dim s6 As String = s5
         Console.WriteLine("s6 = s5: {0}", s6)

         ' member method
         Console.WriteLine("Does s6.Equals(s5)?: {0}", s6.Equals(s5))

         ' shared method
         Console.WriteLine("Does Equals(s6,s5)?: {0}", _
            String.Equals(s6, s5))

     End Sub 'Main
 End Class 'Tester

s5 copied from s2: ABCD
s6 = s5: ABCD
Does s6.Equals(s5)?: True
Does Equals(s6,s5)?: True

2.31.String Compare
	2.31.1.	Comparing strings: Equals, =, String.Equals() and CompareTo
	2.31.2.	String Equals with overloaded operator, member method and static member method
	2.31.3.	String Compare with case sensitive and insensitive
	2.31.4.	Compare String value in If statement
	2.31.5.	Whether a string is the prefix or suffix of another string.
	2.31.6.	Use the CompareTo method with another String.
	2.31.7.	Use String.Compare to check if a URI is a file URI
	2.31.8.	Compare two strings using different CompareOptions settings.