Compares two specified values to determine if they are the same. This function takes two values of any type as arguments and returns a Boolean value. If the first value is the same as the second value, the function returns the Boolean value TRUE. If the first value is different than the second value, the function returns the Boolean value FALSE.

Syntax

Equal(<first_value>, <second_value>)

Input

first_value

Boolean, date, integer, number, string

The first value to compare.

second_value

Boolean, date, integer, number, string

The second value to compare.

Output

Boolean

Examples

Assume that you have a form in which there is a text question and a number question. The text question has the reference name first_name and was answered Lee. The number question has the reference name number_of_cars and was answered 2.

• The expression Equal($first_name, "Lee") returns TRUE.
• The expression Equal($number_of_cars, 2) returns TRUE.
• The expression Equal($first_name, $number_of_cars) returns FALSE.