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Expand Up @@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ When you define a class or struct, you decide whether it makes sense to create a

[!code-cs[csProgGuideStatements#20](../../../csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/codesnippet/CSharp/how-to-define-value-equality-for-a-type_2.cs)]

For structs, the default implementation of <xref:System.Object.Equals%28System.Object%29?displayProperty=fullName> (which is the overridden version in <xref:System.ValueType?displayProperty=fullName>) performs a value equality check by using reflection to compare the values of every field in the type. When an implementer overrides the virtual `Equals` method in a stuct, the purpose is to provide a more efficient means of performing the value equality check and optionally to base the comparison on some subset of the struct's field or properties.
For structs, the default implementation of <xref:System.Object.Equals%28System.Object%29?displayProperty=fullName> (which is the overridden version in <xref:System.ValueType?displayProperty=fullName>) performs a value equality check by using reflection to compare the values of every field in the type. When an implementer overrides the virtual `Equals` method in a struct, the purpose is to provide a more efficient means of performing the value equality check and optionally to base the comparison on some subset of the struct's field or properties.

The [==](../../../csharp/language-reference/operators/equality-comparison-operator.md) and [!=](../../../csharp/language-reference/operators/not-equal-operator.md) operators cannot operate on a struct unless the struct explicitly overloads them.

## See Also
[Equality Comparisons](../../../csharp/programming-guide/statements-expressions-operators/equality-comparisons.md)
[C# Programming Guide](../../../csharp/programming-guide/index.md)
[C# Programming Guide](../../../csharp/programming-guide/index.md)