What is equality in Scala?

We often use the equality operators in programming to compare defined values. In Scala, we can perform the equality operation in three different ways:

Methods

Using the equals method. The method equals is used to test the value equality. It returns True if the values being compared are same. Otherwise, it returns False.
Using == and != operators. The operator == is the same as equals method. It is also used to compare the equality of values. The operator == returns True if both the values being compared are the same, and returns False otherwise. The operator != works in the opposite way and is referred to as “not equal”. The operator != returns True if both the values being compared are not the same. It returns False otherwise.

== is the same as .equals.

Using ne and eq methods to compare the addresses of two values. These methods are used to compare the reference locality of the passed values. The method eq returns True if both the addresses containing the compared values are same, and it returns False otherwise. The method ne works in the complete opposite way, as it ne returns True if both the addresses containing the compared values are not the same and False otherwise.

object Main extends App {
var x = Set("Hello", "World") 
    var y = Set("Hello", "World") 
    var z = Set("Hello", "xyz") 
            
    // Displays true if instances 
    // are equal else false 
    // should be true
    println(x.equals(y)) 
    // should be false
    println(x.equals(z))
 
    // should be false
    println(y == z)
    // should be true 
    println(x == y)
    // should be true 
    println(x!=z)
    // should be False as memory location for
    // x and y and z is different 
    println(x eq y)
    println( x ne y)
    println (y ne z)
}

Operator/Method	Description
Equals	Method. Returns True if two values are equal
==	Operator. Returns True if two values are equal
!=	Operator. Returns True if two values are not equal
ne	Method. Returns True if two values have different memory locations
eq	Method. Returns True if two values have the same memory location

What is equality in Scala?

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