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<h1>angular.Object.equals</h1>
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<h2>Description</h2>
<p>Determines if two objects or value are equivalent.</p>

<p>To be equivalent, they must pass <code>==</code> comparison or be of the same type and have all their
properties pass <code>==</code> comparison.</p>

<p>Supports values types, arrays and objects.</p>

<p>For objects <code>function</code> properties and properties that start with <code>$</code> are not considered during
comparisons.</p>

<p>Note: this function is used to augment the Object type in angular expressions. See
<a href="#!angular.Object"><code>angular.Object</code></a> for more info.</p>
<h2>Usage</h2>
<tt ng:non-bindable>
angular.Object.equals(o1, o2);
</tt>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
    <li><tt>o1</tt> –
      <tt>&#123;*&#125;</tt>
      <tt></tt>
      – Object or value to compare.</li>
    <li><tt>o2</tt> –
      <tt>&#123;*&#125;</tt>
      <tt></tt>
      – Object or value to compare.</li>
  </ul>
<h3>Returns</h3>
<tt>&#123;boolean&#125;</tt> True if arguments are equal.
<h2>Example</h2>
<doc:example>
  <doc:source>
   Salutation: &lt;input type="text" name="master.salutation" value="Hello" /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
   Name: &lt;input type="text" name="master.name" value="world"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
   &lt;button ng:click="form = master.$copy()"&gt;copy&lt;/button&gt;
   &lt;hr/&gt;

   Master is &lt;span ng:hide="master.$equals(form)"&gt;NOT&lt;/span&gt; same as form.

   &lt;pre&gt;master={{master}}&lt;/pre&gt;
   &lt;pre&gt;form={{form}}&lt;/pre&gt;
  </doc:source>
  <doc:scenario></doc:scenario>
</doc:example>