# Ensure args are equal

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    assert_equal  arg1 (anything), arg2 (anything)

Raises an exception if both arguments aren’t equal.

Introduced in v2.8

## Examples

# Example 1
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    assert_equal 1, 1
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    # Simple assertions
# Example 2
``
    assert_equal 1 + 1, 2
    assert_equal [:a, :b, :c].size,  3
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    # More interesting assertions
    # Ensure that arithmetic is sane!
    # ensure lists can be correctly counted
# Example 3
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    assert_equal 3, 5, "something is seriously wrong!"
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    # Add messages to the exceptions