Assert.AreNotEqual Method (Object, Object)

Verifies that two specified objects are not equal. The assertion fails if the objects are equal.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreNotEqual ( _
    notExpected As Object, _
    actual As Object _
)

public static void AreNotEqual(
    Object notExpected,
    Object actual
)

public:
static void AreNotEqual(
    Object^ notExpected, 
    Object^ actual
)

static member AreNotEqual : 
        notExpected:Object * 
        actual:Object -> unit

public static function AreNotEqual(
    notExpected : Object, 
    actual : Object
)

Parameters

• notExpected
  Type: Object

  The first object to compare. This is the object the unit test expects not to match actual.

• actual
  Type: Object

  The second object to compare. This is the object the unit test produced.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AssertFailedException	notExpected is equal to actual.

Remarks

Different numeric types are treated as equal if the logical values are equal. For example, 42L is equal to 42.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Assert Class

AreNotEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes