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Ruby | String eql? Method

Last Updated : 12 Dec, 2019
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eql? is a String class method in Ruby which is used to check whether the strings are equal or not if they have the same length and content.

Syntax: str.eql?(Other_str)

Parameters: Here, str and other_str are the strings.

Returns: True or false basis on the equality.

Example 1:




# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the eql? method 
       
# Taking a string and 
# using the method
puts "Sample".eql?("Sample")
  
# case sensitive
puts "Program".eql?("program")


Output:

true
false

Example 2:




# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the eql? method 
       
# Taking a string and 
# using the method
puts "Ruby".eql?("ruby")
  
# case sensitive
puts "String".eql?("String")


Output:

false
true

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