# Chapter 9, equal = false

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Within the book it said equal is true, because the two string are logically the same  
why when I test on xcode playground the value of equal is false

let cafeNormal = “cafè”  
let cafeCombining = “cafe\u{0301}”  
let equal = cafeNormal == cafeCombining

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**Author:** ![7stud](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/7stud/32/81494_2.png) [@7stud](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/7stud)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-9-equal-false/40163/2 "2018-03-09T16:25:52Z")

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You have the wrong accented `e` in cafeNormal. Inside cafeCombining you specified the unicode codepoint `\u0301`, which is called a **_combining acute accent_** , and the accent points up and to the right: `́`. On the other hand, the accent on your `e` in cafeNormal points up and to the left, which is called a **_grave accent_**. You need to put an `e` in cafeNormal whose unicode code point is U+00E9, and which looks like this: `é`.

```
è -- cafeNormal (LATIN SMALL LETTER E WTIH GRAVE)
é -- \u{0301} combined with e (LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE)

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**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-9-equal-false/40163/3 "2018-03-09T16:44:38Z")

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> [@7stud](#):
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> You have the wrong accented e in cafeNormal. Inside cafeCombining you specified the unicode codepoint \u0301, which is called a combining acute accent, and the accent points up and to the right: ́. On the other hand, the accent on your e in cafeNormal rises up and to the left, which is called a grave accent. You need to put an e in cafeNormal whose unicode code point is U+00E9, and which looks like this: é.

Ok I feel dumb, lesson learned…  
Thanks 7stud

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**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-9-equal-false/40163/4 "2018-08-23T05:42:23Z")

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