How does .NET compiler compare two strings?

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string a="I am comparing 2 string";
string b="I am comparing 2 string";

if(a==b)
  return true;
else
  return false;

How does a .NET compiler compare two strings? Does a string work like a struct(int)? string is class so a=b means we are comparing 2 object, but i want to compare 2 values.

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