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title: "equals — Equals strictly"
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# equals — Equals strictly

EQUALS checks whether the values of two variables are strictly equal without type coercion.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var1 | var |  | Variable name 1 |
| var2 | var |  | Variable name 2 |
| var_result | var |  | Result variable name |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var_result; type: bool

### Examples

```xml
<set var="name1">Bill Gates</set>
<set var="name2">Steve Jobs</set>

<equals var1="name1" var2="name2" var_result="equals"/>

<is var="equals" type="false">
	<output>$name1 and $name2 are not strictly equal!</output>
</is>

<!-- Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are not strictly equal! -->
```

```xml
<set var="numeric">123</set>

<set var="number">123</set>
<cast var="number" type="int"/>

<equals var1="numeric" var2="number" var_result="equals"/>

<is var="equals" type="false">
	<output>"$numeric" and $number are not strictly equal!</output>
</is>

<!-- "123" and 123 are not strictly equal! -->
```