..  _eq-dlr:

EQ$
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| Syntax   |  EQ$ (type, string1$, string2$ )                                  |
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| Location |  Btool                                                            |
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This function expects the same parameters as GT$. It will return a value of 1 if
the two strings are equal to each other using the same test as GT$.

**CROSS-REFERENCE**

See :ref:`gt-dlr` for more details.
NE is the same as::

    NOT EQ$ (type, string1$,string2$)