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{{DISPLAYTITLE:somCompareIds}}
This function determines whether two SOM IDs represent the same string.

==Syntax==
 somId    id1;
 somId    id2;
 int      rc;
 
 rc = somCompareIds(id1, id2);

===Parameters===
;id1 (somId) : The first SOM ID to be compared.
;id2 (somId) : The second SOM ID to be compared.

===Return Code===
;rc (int):
* 1  Returns 1 if the two input IDs represent strings that are equal.
* 0  Returns 0 if the two input IDs represent strings that are not equal.

==Remarks==
This function returns 1 if the two input IDs represent strings that are equal; otherwise, it returns 0.

==Example Code==
<PRE>
#include <som.h>
main()
{
   somId id1, id2, id3;

   somEnvironmentNew();
   id1 = somIdFromString("this");
   id2 = somIdFromString("that");
   id3 = somIdFromString("this");

   SOM_Test(somCompareIds(id1, id3));
   SOM_Test(!somCompareIds(id1, id2));
}
</PRE>

==Related==
;Data Structures
*somId (sombtype.h) 
;Functions
* [[somCheckId]]
* [[somRegisterId]]
* [[somIdFromString]]
* [[somStringFromId]]
* [[somTotalRegIds]]
* [[somSetExpectedIds]]
* [[somUniqueKey]]
* [[somBeginPersistentIds]]
* [[somEndPersistentIds]]

[[Category:SOM Kernel]]