Use custom Comparer with SequenceEqual Operator
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; class Program/*from www . ja va 2s. c om*/ { static void Main(string[] args) { string[] stringifiedNums1 = { "001", "49", "017", "0080", "00027", "2" }; string[] stringifiedNums2 = { "1", "0049", "17", "00080", "000000000027", "02" }; bool eq = stringifiedNums1.SequenceEqual(stringifiedNums2, new MyStringifiedNumberComparer()); Console.WriteLine(eq); } } public class MyStringifiedNumberComparer : IEqualityComparer<string> { public bool Equals(string x, string y) { return (Int32.Parse(x) == Int32.Parse(y)); } public int GetHashCode(string obj) { return Int32.Parse(obj).ToString().GetHashCode(); } }