C# StringComparer Equals(String, String)

Description

StringComparer Equals(String, String) when overridden in a derived class, indicates whether two strings are equal.

Syntax

StringComparer.Equals(String, String) has the following syntax.

public abstract bool Equals(
  string x,
  string y
)

Parameters

StringComparer.Equals(String, String) has the following parameters.

• x - A string to compare to y.
• y - A string to compare to x.

Returns

StringComparer.Equals(String, String) method returns true if x and y refer to the same object, or x and y are equal; otherwise, false.

Example

using System;/*from   w w w . j av  a2 s.  co m*/

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        StringComparer invCmp =   StringComparer.Ordinal;
        
        Console.WriteLine(invCmp.Equals("a","a"));
    }

}

The code above generates the following result.