From: Jeremy Wells <jwells@...>
Date: 2006-12-19T21:55:36+09:00
Subject: Re: compare two objects without take its ID in consideration

Lobosque Lucas wrote:
> Is there a way to compare two objects without take its ID in
> consideration? For example:
>
> #<Game_Esper:0xdcc7e0 @str=6, @mdfel = 0, @name = "Ifrit"> ==
> #<Game_Esper:0xeda51e @str=6, @mdfel = 0, @name = "Ifrit">
>
> It'll return false, because the object ID is different. But i want it to
> return true, because the arguments (is it the right name?) are all
> equal.
>
> Thanks
>
You can overwrite the == method:

def ==(other_obj)
    true if self.str == other_obj.str and self.mdfel == other_obj.mdfel 
and self.name == other_obj.name
end