What does !== mean in Swift?

Question

I encountered something similar to this in a codebase.

if varA !== varB {
   // some code here...
}

Is that the same as

if varA! == varB  {
   // some code here...
}

which means that varA is force unwrapped?

Answer 1

In swift == means "Are these objects equal?". While === means "Are these objects the same object?".

The first is a value equality check. The second is a pointer equality check.

The negation of these are != and !== respectively.