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Returns 1 if the two strings are the same, 0 if not.
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Added in 2.2.6
The EQ service compares two variables as strings. When you use the BASIC+ equality operator, the variables' contents will be compared according to abstract value, which means "123" will be equal to "123.000". The EQ service, on the other hand, always does a character by character comparison.
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