[Solved] What will be the output of this Ruby code? x = "code" y = "code" puts x.equal?(y) puts x == y — Ans: false true | Ruby

Ruby - Classes and Objects

What will be the output of this Ruby code?

x = "code"
y = "code"
puts x.equal?(y)
puts x == y

Afalse true

Btrue true

Cfalse false

Dtrue false

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Analyze equal? call
Since x and y are two distinct string objects with the same content, x.equal?(y) returns false.
Step 2: Analyze == call
== compares content, so x == y returns true.
Final Answer:
false true -> Option A
Quick Check:
Different objects with same content: equal? false, == true [OK]

Quick Trick: equal? false if different objects, == true if content matches [OK]

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