= (equals sign)

Tests if two objects are equal.

Syntax

If x and y are any two objects, then x = y returns true iff x and y are exactly equal. The subtleties are as follows:

Objects are compared as mathematical entities in the sense that datatype differences not relevant to the objects’ mathematical identities are ignored. For instance, the integer 5 is equal to the rational number 5/2 + 5/2, the real number 5.0, and the complex number 5 + i − i.
Numbers, vectors, and matrices are always treated as different objects. For instance, the number 5 is not equal to the matrix ❨❨5❩❩, and the vector ❨1, 2, 3❩ is not equal to the single-column matrix ❨❨1❩, ❨2❩, ❨3❩❩.
Floating-point numbers are *not* compared with epsilons. For instance, sin(π) may not equal 0. To compare objects with epsilon, use the ≈ operator instead.
A boolean is not equal to any non-boolean object (such as a string or a number). For instance, false is not equal to any of "", 0, or "false".
A string is not equal to any non-string object that it may be parsed to. For instance, "5" is not equal to 5.
Two kernel function objects are equal if they refer to the same actual kernel function implementation, even if they are accessed using two different synonyms. For instance, length is equal to cardinality. In addition, if you assign c ≔ cardinality then c will also equal any of length or cardinality.
Two user-defined functions are equal if and only if they have identical abstract syntax trees. For instance, while (n ↦ n^2) = (k ↦ k^2) is true, (n ↦ n^2) = (k ↦ sqr(2)) is false.

The = operator is implemented by the equals function.

1 + 1 = 2

true