Core.Terms.IsEqual

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Classification

Name IsEqual
Short Description Tests for equality of two or more operands
Class Term
Extension OTX Core library
Group Operations
Exceptions -
Checker Rules -
Standard Compliant Yes

OTL Syntax

BooleanValue = Term1 == Term2;

Description

IsEqual is a BooleanTerm which tests for equality of two or more operands. For SimpleTerm arguments, true will be returned if and only if the values of all terms are equal. For terms returning a reference value (e.g. a reference to a List or Map), true will be returned if and only if the references returned by all terms are equal. The following operator can be used: ==

Return Value

The Term returns the value, see table below.

Icons Note.png In OTX, Terms are categorized according to its return data type!
Data Type Description
Boolean The returned Boolean value of the test for the equality of two or more operands.

Properties

Name Data Type Class Default Cardinality Description
Terms OTX Term Term - [2..*] Represents the operands which will be tested for equality. Terms will be evaluated in the order of appearance in the OTX document.

OTL Examples

Integer MyValue1 = 12;
Float MyValue2 = 12.0;
String MyValue3 = "abcd";
Boolean result;

result = MyValue1 == MyValue2;
result = MyValue3 == "abc";

See also

IsNotEqual
IsLess
IsLessOrEqual
IsGreater
IsGreaterOrEqual