C# String Equals(String)

Description

String Equals(String) determines whether this instance and another specified String object have the same value.

Syntax

String.Equals(String) has the following syntax.

public bool Equals(
  string value
)

Parameters

String.Equals(String) has the following parameters.

• value - The string to compare to this instance.

Returns

String.Equals(String) method returns true if the value of the value parameter is the same as this instance; otherwise, false.

Example

The following example demonstrates the Equals method.

using System;//from  w w  w. j  a  v  a 2 s. c om

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
      string word = "File";
      string[] others = { word.ToLower(), word, word.ToUpper(), "f1le" };
      foreach (string other in others)
      {
         if (word.Equals(other)) 
            Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", word, other);
         else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}", word, '\u2260', other);
      }        
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.