Assert.AreNotEqual Method (String, String, Boolean, String, array<Object )

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

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreNotEqual ( _
    notExpected As String, _
    actual As String, _
    ignoreCase As Boolean, _
    message As String, _
    ParamArray parameters As Object() _
)

public static void AreNotEqual(
    string notExpected,
    string actual,
    bool ignoreCase,
    string message,
    params Object[] parameters
)

public:
static void AreNotEqual(
    String^ notExpected, 
    String^ actual, 
    bool ignoreCase, 
    String^ message, 
    ... array<Object^>^ parameters
)

static member AreNotEqual : 
        notExpected:string * 
        actual:string * 
        ignoreCase:bool * 
        message:string * 
        parameters:Object[] -> unit

public static function AreNotEqual(
    notExpected : String, 
    actual : String, 
    ignoreCase : boolean, 
    message : String, 
    ... parameters : Object[]
)

Parameters

• notExpected
  Type: String

  The first string to compare. This is the string the unit test expects not to match actual.

• 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.

• parameters
  Type: array<Object[]

  An array of parameters to use when formatting message.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AssertFailedException	notExpected is 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

AreNotEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes