Pandas DataFrame: equals() function

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:51 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

DataFrame - equals() function

The equals() function is used to test whether two objects contain the same elements.

This function allows two Series or DataFrames to be compared against each other to see if they have the same shape and elements. NaNs in the same location are considered equal. The column headers do not need to have the same type, but the elements within the columns must be the same dtype.

Syntax:

DataFrame.equals(self, other)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type/Default Value	Required / Optional
other	The other Series or DataFrame to be compared with the first.	Series or DataFrame	Required

Returns: bool
True if all elements are the same in both objects, False otherwise.

Example:

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