# xarray.Variable.equals

#### Variable.equals(other, equiv=<function array_equiv>)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/core/variable.py#L2117-L2133)

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).