base.StringBuffer.equals

Compare strings (case sensitive).

Syntax

equals(
   reference STRING )
  RETURNING result BOOLEAN

reference is the string to compare with.

Usage

Use the equals() method to determine whether the value of a base.StringBuffer object is identical to a specified string.

This method is case-sensitive.

Since the parameter for the method must be a string, you can use the toString() method to convert a base.StringBuffer object in order to compare it.

The method returns TRUE if the strings are identical, otherwise it returns FALSE.

Example

DEFINE buf, buf2 base.StringBuffer,
       mystring STRING
LET buf = base.StringBuffer.create()
CALL buf.append("there")

-- compare to a STRING
IF buf.equals("there") THEN
   DISPLAY "buf matches there"
END IF

-- compare to a STRING variable
LET mystring = "there"
IF buf.equals(mystring) THEN
   DISPLAY "buf matches mystring"
END IF

-- compare to another StringBuffer object
LET buf2 = base.StringBuffer.create()
CALL buf2.append("there")
IF buf.equals(buf2.toString()) THEN
   DISPLAY "buf matches buf2"
END IF

Output:

buf matches there
buf matches mystring
buf matches buf2