What will be the output of the following Ruby code?

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Ruby - Classes and Objects

a = "hello"
b = "hello"
puts a == b
puts a.equal?(b)

Atrue true

Btrue false

Cfalse true

Dfalse false

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Evaluate a == b
Both a and b are strings with the same content "hello", so a == b returns true.
Step 2: Evaluate a.equal?(b)
Though content is same, a and b are different string objects, so equal? returns false.
Final Answer:
true false -> Option B
Quick Check:
== compares content, equal? compares object identity = C [OK]

Quick Trick: == checks value, equal? checks same object [OK]

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