numpy.core.defchararray.equal¶

numpy.core.defchararray.equal(x1,x2)[source]¶

Return (x1 == x2) element-wise.

Unlikenumpy.equal, this comparison is performed by firststripping whitespace characters from the end of the string. Thisbehavior is provided for backward-compatibility with numarray.

Parameters:	x1, x2 : array_like of str or unicode Input arrays of the same shape.
Returns:	out : ndarray or bool Output array of bools, or a single bool if x1 and x2 are scalars.

See also

not_equal,greater_equal,less_equal,greater,less