<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>You should be able to use ==. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Are the lengths of your strings the same length? readLine() has a strip newlines parameter that is true by default. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Best,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Austin<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jun 2, 2016, at 12:07 PM, John Myers via swift-users <<a href="mailto:swift-users@swift.org">swift-users@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">I've had some difficulty comparing string variables to string constants with ==. I believe it's always after using a readLine(). Does Swift require a .equals() or a .compareTo(), as other c like languages, or are there invisible characters in my string because of the readLine() which I need to strip out?<br clear="all"><div>Thanks!</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">John Myers<div>------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><a href="mailto:myersj@shawanoschools.com" target="_blank">myersj@shawanoschools.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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