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Merge pull request #1 from pandas-dev/master - #34498 improve the .equals() docstring #35555

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Merge pull request #1 from pandas-dev/master
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14 changes: 5 additions & 9 deletions pandas/core/generic.py
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"""
Test whether two objects contain the same elements.

This function allows two Series or DataFrames to be compared against
each other to see if they have the same shape and elements. NaNs in
the same location are considered equal. The column headers do not
need to have the same type, but the elements within the columns must
be the same dtype.
This function compares two Series or DataFrames.
checks if both have the same shape and elements.
columns must be the same dtype.

Parameters
----------
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Notes
-----
This function requires that the elements have the same dtype as their
respective elements in the other Series or DataFrame. However, the
column labels do not need to have the same type, as long as they are
still considered equal.
Header or index values may be of a different dtype.
NaN values at same positions are considered equal.

Examples
--------
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