Imports System
Public Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim str1 As String = "Profession: vb Programmer"
Dim str2 As String = "Profession: VB PROGRAMMER"
Dim equals As Boolean = str1.Equals(str2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
Console.WriteLine(equals)
End Sub
End Class
' run:
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' True
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