The **`eql?()` function** returns `true` if both the source number and `number` in the parameter are equal; otherwise, it returns `false`. 

Figure 1 shows a visual representation of the `eql?()` function.

# Syntax
```ruby
num_1.eql?(num_2)
# where num_1 is the number which is to be checked against the num_2 for equality
```
# Parameter
The `eql?()` function takes another number, `num_2`, to be compared with `num_1` (number).

# Return value
The `eql?()` function returns `true` if both the numbers are `equal`; otherwise, it returns `false`.  

# Code


#equal numbers
print "(2).eql?(2) : ",(2).eql?(2) , "\n"
print "(2.2).eql?(2.2) : ",(2.2).eql?(2.2) , "\n"

#not equal numbers
print "(3).eql?(2) : ",(3).eql?(2) , "\n"
print "(2.1).eql?(2.2) : ",(2.1).eql?(2.2) , "\n"


What is eql?() in Ruby?

The `eql?()` function checks if two numbers are equal and returns true if they are, otherwise false.