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String and symbol object equality in Ruby
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$ pry
[1] pry(main)> string1 = "foo";
[2] pry(main)> string2 = "foo";
[3] pry(main)> symbol1 = :foo;
[4] pry(main)> symbol2 = :foo;
[5] pry(main)> string1 == string2
=> true
[6] pry(main)> string1.object_id == string2.object_id
=> false
[7] pry(main)> [string1.object_id, string2.object_id]
=> [70359164738020, 70359164782060]
[8] pry(main)> symbol1.object_id == symbol2.object_id
=> true
[9] pry(main)> [symbol1.object_id, symbol2.object_id]
=> [495048, 495048]
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