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ee.String.equals
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Checks for string equality with a given object. Returns true if the target is a string and is lexicographically equal to the reference, or false otherwise.
| Usage | Returns | String.equals(target) | Boolean |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: reference | String | The string to compare for equality. |
target | Object | The second object to check for equality. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var sp = ee.String('Abies grandis');
print('"Abies grandis" equals "Abies grandis"?', sp.equals('Abies grandis'));
print('"Abies grandis" equals "abies grandis"?', sp.equals('abies grandis'));
print('"Abies grandis" equals "Thuja plicata"?', sp.equals('Thuja plicata'));
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
sp = ee.String('Abies grandis')
print('"Abies grandis" equals "Abies grandis"?',
sp.equals('Abies grandis').getInfo())
print('"Abies grandis" equals "abies grandis"?',
sp.equals('abies grandis').getInfo())
print('"Abies grandis" equals "Thuja plicata"?',
sp.equals('Thuja plicata').getInfo())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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