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csharpula csharp - 12 Mar 2008 10:42 GMT

Hello,
What is the best way to compare strings is it str1==str2 or
String.Compare(str1,str2)? Thank you!

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 12 Mar 2008 10:56 GMT

> What is the best way to compare strings is it str1==str2 or
> String.Compare(str1,str2)? Thank you!

How about str1==str2?

Note that that will do an ordinal (culture insensitive, case sensitive)
comparison. Your actual requirements may vary from this, in which case
look at the StringComparer class and its various static properties.

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Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) - 12 Mar 2008 12:46 GMT

Hi,

> Hello,
> What is the best way to compare strings is it str1==str2 or
> String.Compare(str1,str2)? Thank you!

In most of the cases you will get the same result. Any way take a look at
http://blogs.msdn.com/abhinaba/archive/2005/10/28/486173.aspx

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