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Hi

I have two byte arrays (each with a length of 8 bytes)
an I'd like to compare them if they are equal.

The operator == shouldn't work because its not a basic Data Type
so I used the method Equal, but it also isn't working.

right know I use
if(mykey.Length != keytocheck.Leng th)
return false;
for (int i = 0; i < mykey.Length; i++)
{
if (mykey[i] != keytocheck[i])
return false;
}

This is working, but why I cannot use the Equal method??
Can somebody explain it to me?

regards
Norbert

Nov 17 '05 #1
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Norbert,

Quite simply, the Equals method is not overridden to provide the
semantics you desire. You will have to perform this check, or wrap it in a
utility method if this is the result you desire.

Hope this helps.
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Hi

I have two byte arrays (each with a length of 8 bytes)
an I'd like to compare them if they are equal.

The operator == shouldn't work because its not a basic Data Type
so I used the method Equal, but it also isn't working.

right know I use
if(mykey.Length != keytocheck.Leng th)
return false;
for (int i = 0; i < mykey.Length; i++)
{
if (mykey[i] != keytocheck[i])
return false;
}

This is working, but why I cannot use the Equal method??
Can somebody explain it to me?

regards
Norbert

Nov 17 '05 #2
nobs <no**********@g mail.com> wrote:
I have two byte arrays (each with a length of 8 bytes)
an I'd like to compare them if they are equal.

The operator == shouldn't work because its not a basic Data Type
Well, if == had been overloaded for byte arrays, that would still work
just fine.
so I used the method Equal, but it also isn't working.

right know I use
if(mykey.Length != keytocheck.Leng th)
return false;
for (int i = 0; i < mykey.Length; i++)
{
if (mykey[i] != keytocheck[i])
return false;
}

This is working, but why I cannot use the Equal method??


Because Equals hasn't been overridden to compare arrays. The above
looks fine though.

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Nov 17 '05 #3

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