equal (=)

Use = to return true if the first argument oper1 is equal to the second argument oper2.

Basic syntax

To check if oper1 is equal to oper2, use the following syntax:

(= oper1 oper2)

Arguments

Use the following arguments to specify the values for comparison using the = Pact function.

Argument	Type	Description
oper1	integer, decimal, string, time, bool, object, list, modref, guard	Specifies the first value for comparison.
oper2	integer, decimal, string, time, bool, object, list, modref, guard	Specifies the second value for comparison.

Return value

The = function returns a boolean value indicating whether oper1 is equal to oper2.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the = function to compare two integer values to check if the first value is equal to the second value:

pact> (= 5 5)
true

The following example demonstrates how to use the = function to compare two decimal values to check if the first value is equal to the second value:

pact> (= 3.14 2.71)
false

The following example demonstrates how to use the = function to compare two string values to check if the first string is equal to the second string:

pact> (= "hello" "hello")
true

The following example demonstrates how to use the = function to compare two time values to check if the first time is equal to the second time:

pact> (= (time "2023-06-05T10:00:00Z") (time "2023-06-05T10:00:00Z"))
true

The following example demonstrates how to use the = function to compare two object values to check if the first object is equal to the second object:

pact> (= { "name": "Alice", "age": 30 } { "name": "Alice", "age": 26 })
false

The following example demonstrates how to use the = function to compare two list values to check if the first list is equal to the second list:

pact> (= [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3])
true

You can also the = function to evaluate variables and expressions. For example:

(enforce (= amount 1.0) "Mint can only be 1")