From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-03-09T20:51:38+09:00
Subject: Re: testing equality

2009/3/9 Justin Collins <justincollins@ucla.edu>:
> Haris Bogdanovic wrote:
>>
>> When I try to test equality of two strings, for example:
>>
>> if object1.string==object2.string then puts object1.string end
>>
>> I get nothing printed even though two strings are equal.
>>
>> Why ?

Apparently those objects are not equal.

> The best way is to try the code using irb and post the results if you are
> still stuck.
> Most likely, though, the objects you are comparing not really equal. Try
> printing out the values before you compare them.

And when doing that p is preferred to puts because it will reveal any
additional whitespace that you would not see otherwise.

Kind regards

robert

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