How to Compare Strings in Ruby

1. Compare Strings Using the Double Equal Operator in Ruby
2. Compare Strings Using the eql? Method in Ruby

Comparing strings and other objects is a typical operation in Ruby, and below are the two main methods of doing that.

Compare Strings Using the Double Equal Operator in Ruby

The == operator is the most common way of comparing objects such as strings in Ruby.

Example code:

str1 = 'John'
str2 = 'John'

str3 = 'Doe'
str4 = 'Dou'

puts str1 == str2
puts str3 == str4

Output:

true
false

Compare Strings Using the eql? Method in Ruby

Using eql? is another common method used to compare strings.

Example code:

str1 = 'John'
str2 = 'John'

str3 = 'Doe'
str4 = 'Dou'

puts str1.eql? str2
puts str3.eql? str4

Output:

true
false