equals

open fun equals(@Nullable a: Any, @Nullable b: Any): Boolean(source)

Returns true if the arguments are equal to each other and false otherwise.

Consequently, if both arguments are null, true is returned and if exactly one argument is null, false is returned. Otherwise, equality is determined by using the equals method of the first argument.

Return

true if the arguments are equal to each other and false otherwise

Parameters

a

an object

b

an object to be compared with a for equality

See also