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# pandas.Index.equals

Index.equals(other)

  Determine if two Index object are equal.

  The things that are being compared are:

  - The elements inside the Index object.

  - The order of the elements inside the Index object.

  Parameters:
    otherAny

      The other object to compare against.

  Returns:
    bool

      True if “other” is an Index and it has the same elements and order as the calling index; False otherwise.

  Examples

      >>> idx1 = pd.Index([1, 2, 3])
      >>> idx1
      Index([1, 2, 3], dtype='int64')
      >>> idx1.equals(pd.Index([1, 2, 3]))
      True

  The elements inside are compared

      >>> idx2 = pd.Index(["1", "2", "3"])
      >>> idx2
      Index(['1', '2', '3'], dtype='object')

      >>> idx1.equals(idx2)
      False

  The order is compared

      >>> ascending_idx = pd.Index([1, 2, 3])
      >>> ascending_idx
      Index([1, 2, 3], dtype='int64')
      >>> descending_idx = pd.Index([3, 2, 1])
      >>> descending_idx
      Index([3, 2, 1], dtype='int64')
      >>> ascending_idx.equals(descending_idx)
      False

  The dtype is not compared

      >>> int64_idx = pd.Index([1, 2, 3], dtype='int64')
      >>> int64_idx
      Index([1, 2, 3], dtype='int64')
      >>> uint64_idx = pd.Index([1, 2, 3], dtype='uint64')
      >>> uint64_idx
      Index([1, 2, 3], dtype='uint64')
      >>> int64_idx.equals(uint64_idx)
      True