What is the use of the "eq" method in Python?

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Jayant Kumar · Accepted Answer

The **eq** method in Python is used to define the behavior of the equality operator **==** when applied to instances of a class. When you overload the **eq** method in your class, you can specify what it means for two instances of your class to be equal.
For example, if you have a class that represents a point in two-dimensional space, you might define the **eq** method to compare the x and y coordinates of two instances to determine equality.
class Point:
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

def __eq__(self, other):
        if isinstance(other, Point):
            return self.x == other.x and self.y == other.y
        return False

With this implementation, you can now compare instances of the **Point** class using the **==** operator. For example:
p1 = Point(1, 2)
p2 = Point(1, 2)
p3 = Point(3, 4)

print(p1 == p2) # True
print(p1 == p3) # False

What is the use of the "eq" method in Python?

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