EqualLikeDataType Comparisons Function -- Entisoft Tools 2.0 Object Library

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Equal Like Data Type Function
Comparisons Class

Public Function EqualLikeDataType( _
      ByVal vOne As Variant _
    , ByVal vTwo As Variant _
    , Optional ByVal vCompare As Variant _
    ) As Boolean

Return True if the values vOne and vTwo equal each other, otherwise return False.
Compares values with similar data types, but never considers strings equal to numbers.

Examples:

    EqualLikeDataType("ALL", "all", vbBinaryCompare) = False
    EqualLikeDataType("all", "ALL", vbBinaryCompare) = False
    EqualLikeDataType("ALL", "all", vbTextCompare) = True
    EqualLikeDataType("3", 3) = False
    EqualLikeDataType(Null, 3) = False

See also:

    EqualCoerceDataType Function
    EqualExactDataType Function
    CompareLikeDataType Function
    StrComp Function (Visual Basic)

Function returns:

    True  if vOne =  vTwo
    False if vOne <> vTwo

See the following table which describes how comparisons are made depending upon data type of arguments.
Similar to the EqualCoerceDataType function, except that one fixes-up numeric values to strings if the other argument is a string.
Summary:

    Null = Null -> True
    Null = Not Null -> False
    Empty = Empty -> True
    Empty = Not Empty -> False
    Number/Date = Number/Date -> Use numeric comparison.
    Number/Date = String -> False
    String = String -> Use string comparison.

vOne: First of two values which are to be compared for equality.
vTwo: Second of two values which are to be compared for equality.
vCompare: Specifies the comparison type and sort order/collating sequence used when performing string comparisons. vCompare defaults to Binary comparisons if it is missing or Null or cannot be fixed up to a number.
Return value:

             vTwo
           E N D S
    vOne E T F F F
         N F T F F
         D F F n F
         S F F F s

VarType Codes:

    E = Empty
    N = Null
    D = Date/Numeric
    S = String

Action Codes:

    T = Return True
    F = Return False
    s = Do String comparison with StrComp
    n = Do numeric/Date comparison

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Equal Like Data Type FunctionComparisons Class

Return True if the values vOne and vTwo equal each other, otherwise return False. Compares values with similar data types, but never considers strings equal to numbers.

Equal Like Data Type Function
Comparisons Class

Return True if the values vOne and vTwo equal each other, otherwise return False.
Compares values with similar data types, but never considers strings equal to numbers.