shapely.equals

equals(a, b, **kwargs)

Return True if A and B are spatially equal.

If A is within B and B is within A, A and B are considered equal. The ordering of points can be different.

Parameters:

a, bGeometry or array_like

Geometry or geometries to check.

**kwargs

See NumPy ufunc docs for other keyword arguments.

See also

equals_exact

Check if A and B are structurally equal given a specified tolerance.

Examples

>>> from shapely import GeometryCollection, LineString, Polygon
>>> line = LineString([(0, 0), (5, 5), (10, 10)])
>>> equals(line, LineString([(0, 0), (10, 10)]))
True
>>> equals(Polygon(), GeometryCollection())
True
>>> equals(None, None)
False