# equal operator

The equal operator represents an *equal to* condition used in constructing selection clauses. When
a *valuestring* is included, the data found in each
item must match it exactly in order for the data to be selected for
processing.

**Synonyms:** eq, is, =

## Syntax

```
with {not} attr.name equal "valuestring"
```

## Example(s)

```
list jobs with user equal "dm"
```

```
list jobs with user = "dm"
```

 Note: When using an ADI with an mt processing code, a null value is converted
 to zero before testing for equality or inequality. Therefore, ADI = “” will find nothing and ADI
 # “” will return everything. This only affects “equal” or “not equal”. “Less than or equal”,
 “Greater than or equal” and others are not affected.

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Source: https://d3codex.com/access/equal-operator/ - part of the D3Codex reference.