eql(expected) public

Passes if actual and expected are of equal value, but not necessarily the same object.

See http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Object.html#M001057 for more information about equality in Ruby.

Examples

  5.should eql(5)
  5.should_not eql(3)
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April 22, 2011
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Eql equals ==

Use eql to compare values as you would use ==:

"test".should eql "test" #=> pass
"test".should == "test" #=> pass

Do not confuse with equal which compares objects.