Assert.AreEqual Method (String, String, Boolean, String)

Verifies that two specified strings are equal, ignoring case or not as specified. The assertion fails if they are not equal. Displays a message if the assertion fails.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreEqual ( _
    expected As String, _
    actual As String, _
    ignoreCase As Boolean, _
    message As String _
)

public static void AreEqual(
    string expected,
    string actual,
    bool ignoreCase,
    string message
)

public:
static void AreEqual(
    String^ expected, 
    String^ actual, 
    bool ignoreCase, 
    String^ message
)

static member AreEqual : 
        expected:string * 
        actual:string * 
        ignoreCase:bool * 
        message:string -> unit

public static function AreEqual(
    expected : String, 
    actual : String, 
    ignoreCase : boolean, 
    message : String
)

Parameters

• expected
  Type: String

  The first string to compare. This is the string the unit test expects.

• actual
  Type: String

  The second string to compare. This is the string the unit test produced.

• ignoreCase
  Type: Boolean

  A Boolean value that indicates a case-sensitive or insensitive comparison. true indicates a case-insensitive comparison.

• message
  Type: String

  A message to display if the assertion fails. This message can be seen in the unit test results.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AssertFailedException	expected is not equal to actual.

Remarks

The invariant culture is used for the comparison.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Assert Class

AreEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes