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  1. July 27th, 2004, 10:56 AM #1
    dullboy
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    What is the difference between == and Equals?

    Any ideas would be appreciated.
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  2. July 27th, 2004, 11:10 AM #2
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    Well.. there isnt any difference actually... its just its relly easy to use == instead of Function.Equals

    Thats it!
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  3. July 27th, 2004, 02:58 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alexei Kubarev
    Well.. there isnt any difference actually... its just its relly easy to use == instead of Function.Equals

    Thats it!

    Being smart....

    one is an operator and one is a method........
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  4. July 27th, 2004, 04:08 PM #4
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    To expand on what Brad has said :

    I believe (and Brad can confirm) the 'Equals' is an overrided function which is used by the operator '==' when necessary.

    So one is an operator and the other is a method, but the operator uses the method internally to determine the result.

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  5. July 28th, 2004, 03:37 AM #5
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    Ehh... okej... i admit that it wasnt the smartes answer...

    Hehe... But it still works if you write Function.Equals == somevalue..

    I think :S not really sure about that... :S
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  6. July 28th, 2004, 05:31 AM #6
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    Yes I agree that Equals is an overriden function and == operator calls it.

    Actually the equals provide general view as equals is defined in object class and the overriding classes provide their own functionality for this function.
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