# xarray.IndexVariable.equals

#### IndexVariable.equals(other, equiv=None)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/core/variable.py#L3282-L3293)

True if two Variables have the same dimensions and values;
otherwise False.

Variables can still be equal (like pandas objects) if they have NaN
values in the same locations.

This method is necessary because v1 == v2 for Variables
does element-wise comparisons (like numpy.ndarrays).