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Equals when used as a comparison

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  • Last Updated: October 26, 2026
  • 2 minute read
    • Corticon
    • Version 7.3
    • Documentation

SYNTAX

Boolean

<Expression1> = <Expression2>

DateTime*

<DateTime1> = <DateTime2>

Number

<Number1> = <Number2>

String

<String1> = <String2>

Boolean

Returns a value of true if <Expression1> is the same as <Expression2>.

DateTime*

Returns a value of true if <DateTime1> is the same as <DateTime2>, including both the Date and the Time portions

Number

Returns a value of true if <Number1> is the same as <Number2>. Different numeric data types may be compared in the same expression.

String

Returns a value of true if <String1> is the same as <String2>. Both case and length are examined to determine equality. Corticon Studio uses the ISO character precedence in comparing String values. See Character precedence in Unicode and Java Collator.

*includes DateTime, Date, and Time data types

USAGE RESTRICTIONS

The Operators row of the table in Summary Table of Vocabulary Usage Restriction applies. No special exceptions.

The following Rulesheet uses equals to Ruletest whether decimal1 equals decimal2, and assign a value to string1 based on the result of the comparison.

A sample Ruletest provides two examples. Input and Output panels are shown below:

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