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.