equals

fun Char.equals(other: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): Boolean(source)

Returns true if this character is equal to the other character, optionally ignoring character case.

Samples



import java.util.*


import kotlin.test.*
fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   println("'a'.equals('a', false) is ${'a'.equals('a', false)}") // true
println("'a'.equals('A', false) is ${'a'.equals('A', false)}") // false
println("'a'.equals('A', true) is ${'a'.equals('A', true)}") // true 
   //sampleEnd
}

Parameters

ignoreCase

true to ignore character case when comparing characters. By default false.

Two characters are considered the same ignoring case if at least one of the following is true:

The two characters are the same (as compared by the == operator)
Applying the method uppercaseChar to each character produces the same result
Applying the method lowercaseChar to each character produces the same result

expect fun String?.equals(other: String?, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): Boolean(source)

Returns true if this string is equal to other, optionally ignoring character case.

Parameters

ignoreCase

true to ignore character case when comparing strings. By default false.

actual fun String?.equals(other: String?, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): Boolean(source)

Returns true if this string is equal to other, optionally ignoring character case.

Parameters

ignoreCase

true to ignore character case when comparing strings. By default false.

actual fun String?.equals(other: String?, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): Boolean

actual fun String?.equals(other: String?, ignoreCase: Boolean): Boolean

Returns true if this string is equal to other, optionally ignoring character case.

Parameters

ignoreCase

true to ignore character case when comparing strings. By default false.