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Equal? - Function Summary

Summary:

Returns TRUE if the values are equal.

Usage:

equal? value1 value2

Arguments:

value1 - The value1 argument.

value2 - The value2 argument.

Description:

String-based datatypes are equal when they are identical or differ only by character casing (uppercase = lowercase).

 print equal? 123 123
 true

 print equal? "abc" "abc"
 true

 print equal? [1 2 3] [1 2 4]
 false

 print equal? 12-june-1998 12-june-1999
 false

 print equal? 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.0
 false

 print equal? 1:23 1:23
 true

Related:

<> - Returns TRUE if the values are not equal.
= - Returns TRUE if the values are equal.
== - Returns TRUE if the values are equal and of the same datatype.
=? - Returns TRUE if the values are identical.
strict-equal? - Returns TRUE if the values are equal and of the same datatype.