Return type: Switch
Returns:       True if the records are identical, otherwise false.

Syntax

record reference == record reference

You can use the reference equality operator == to determine if two record variables reference the same variable. This is different from comparing the values of the two records. The reference equality operator tests whether two record variables reference the same record existing at the same place in memory.

  declare type point
   field integer x
   field integer y
   
  process
     local point alpha
     local point omega
     
     set omega to alpha
     
     do when omega == alpha
        output "Alpha and omega refer to the same record.%n"
     else
        output "Alpha and omega refer to different records.%n"
     done

The negative form of the reference equality operator, !== reverses the meaning of the test.

Related Concepts    Records, comparing

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