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 SameAsQ

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An operator form of SameQ

Contributed by: Richard Hennigan (Wolfram Research)

ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][this][that]

yields True if the expression that is literally this, and yields False otherwise.

ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][x1,x2,…][y1,y2,…]

is equivalent to SameQ[x1,x2,…,y1,y2,…].

Details and Options

ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"] requires exact correspondence between expressions, except that it still considers Real numbers equal if they differ in their last binary digit.
ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][2][2.] gives False.
ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][] is equivalent to SameQ.
ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][…][] is equivalent to SameQ[…].

Examples

Basic Examples (3) 

Test whether two expressions are identically the same:

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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][x][y]
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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][x][x]
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Separate a specific element from a list:

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GroupBy[{a, y, 1, 2, a, 3, x, a, x, 2}, ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][a]]
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Test equivalence of strings:

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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"]["this"]["THIS"]
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Scope (3) 

Numbers in different representations are not the same:

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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][0.][0]
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== nevertheless treats them as equal:

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0. == 0
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Approximate numbers that differ in their last bit are still considered identical:

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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][ 2^^1.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000][2^^1.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001]
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Compare unevaluated expressions:

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test = ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][Unevaluated[Echo[1 + 1]]]
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test[Echo[1 + 1]]
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test[Unevaluated[Echo[1 + 1]]]
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Without the Unevaluated, expressions will be compared with 2:

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test = ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][Echo[1 + 1]]
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test[Echo[1 + 1]]
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test[Unevaluated[Echo[1 + 1]]]
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Properties and Relations (4) 

SameQ cannot have an operator form, since a single element is the same as itself:

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SameQ[x]
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SameAsQ can be used as an operator form for SameQ:

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xQ = ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][x]
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xQ[x]
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xQ[y]
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Multiple arguments can be given in either position:

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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][a, a, a][a, a]
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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][a, a, a][b, a]
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This function will always return False:

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neverTrue = ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][1, 2]
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neverTrue[1, 2]
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neverTrue[]
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This is effectively equivalent to the following:

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neverTrue2 = SameQ[1, 2, ##] &
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neverTrue2[1, 2]
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neverTrue2[]
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Absolutely nothing is the same as absolutely nothing:

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ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][][]
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This is equivalent:

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SameQ[]
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Applications (2) 

Create FalseQ, a variant of TrueQ that does what you probably expect:

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FalseQ = ResourceFunction["SameAsQ"][False]
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FalseQ[a == b]
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TrueQ[a == b]
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FalseQ[a === b]
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TrueQ[a === b]
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FalseQ[a === a]
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TrueQ[a === a]
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Compare:

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TableForm[Table[f[x], {f, {TrueQ, FalseQ}}, {x, {True, False, maybe}}], TableHeadings -> {{"TrueQ", "FalseQ"}, {True, False, maybe}}]
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Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 20 March 2019

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