Compare Two Strings in Swift

The two Swift code snippets below are examples of how to compare if two Strings are equal.

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Check if Two Strings are Equal Using elementsEqual()

Let’s assume the two Strings are constants and we need to compare them:

let password = "HelloWorld"
let repeatPassword = "HelloWorld"
if ((password.elementsEqual(repeatPassword)) == true)
{
   print("Passwords are equal")
} else {
   print("Passwords are not equal")
}

Compare the Text in Two UITextFields

The below code snippet compares if the two Strings that are read from different UITextFields are equal. Let’s assume we have two UITextFields:

userPasswordTextField
and repeatPasswordTextField

// Compare if provided passwords are equal
       
if ((userPasswordTextField.text?.elementsEqual(repeatPasswordTextField.text!))! != true)
{
   // Passwords do not match. Display alert message and return
    return
}

Compare two Strings using caseInsensitiveCompare()

The code snippet below performs case insensitive comparison of two Strings in Swift:

let valueExpected = "SUCCESS"
let valueProvided = "success"
if valueExpected.caseInsensitiveCompare(valueProvided) == ComparisonResult.orderedSame
{
    print("Strings are equal")
}

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