= (equality)
 Equal--binary                                   (Relational)
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 Syntax

     <exp1> = <exp2>

 Type

     Character, date, logical, memo, NIL, numeric

 Operands

     <exp1> and <exp2> are expressions of the same data type to
     compare.

 Description

     The equal operator (= ) compares two values of the same data type and
     returns true (.T.) if <exp1> is equal to <exp2> according to the
     following rules:

     .  Character:  The comparison is based on the underlying ASCII
        code.  ASCII codes for alphabetic characters are ascending (e.g., the
        code for "A" is 65 and the code for "Z" is 90).

        When EXACT is OFF, two character strings are compared according to
        the following rules.  assume two character strings, cLeft and cRight,
        where the expression to test is (cLeft = cRight):

        -  If cRight is null, returns true (.T.).

        -  If LEN(cRight) is greater than LEN(cLeft), returns false
           (.F.).

        -  Compare all characters in cRight with cLeft.  If all
           characters in cRight equal cLeft, returns true (.T.); otherwise,
           returns false (.F.).

        With EXACT ON, two strings must match exactly except for trailing
        blanks.

     .  Date: Dates are compared according to the underlying date
        value.

     .  Logical: True (.T.) is equal to true (.T.) and false (.F.)
        equal to false (.F.).

     .  Memo: Treated the same as character.

     .  NIL: True (.T.) if compared to a NIL value; false (.F.) if
        compared to a value of any other data type.

     .  Numeric: Compared based on magnitude.

 Examples

     .  These examples illustrate how the equal operator (=) behaves
        with different data types:

        // Character
        SET EXACT ON
        ? "123" = "123  "        // Result: .T.
        ? " 123" = "123"         // Result: .F.
        SET EXACT OFF
        ? "123" = "12345"        // Result: .F.
        ? "12345" = "123"        // Result: .T.
        ? "123" = ""             // Result: .T.
        ? "" = "123"             // Result: .F.

        // Date
        ? CTOD("12/12/88") = ;
           CTOD("12/12/88")      // Result: .T.

        // Logical
        ? .T. = .T.              // Result: .T.
        ? .F. = .T.              // Result: .F.

        // NIL
        ? NIL = NIL              // Result: .T.
        ? NIL = 12               // Result: .F.
        ? NIL = CTOD("")         // Result: .F.

        // Numeric
        ? 2 = 1                  // Result: .F.
        ? 1 = 1                  // Result: .T.

See Also: $ < <= <> == > >=