javascript library for comparing objects [duplicate]

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How do you determine equality for two JavaScript objects?
Object comparison in JavaScript

Are there any javascript libraries that can help with comparing two objects for equivalence? So if I have something like

var obj1 = {"name":"Jeff", "gender":"M", "arrayprop":[1,2,3] };
var obj2 = {"name":"Jeff", "gender":"M", "arrayprop":[1,2,3] };

And I would like obj1 and obj2 to return "equal" since they have the same properties/values.

Obviously obj1 === obj2 returns false, but I didn't know if there was a function already available I could use that would return true.

Voted down. Question has been asked repeatedly (see comments above) — psema4
– psema4, Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 19:57
This was specifically asking if there are any libraries that help with it — Jeff Storey
– Jeff Storey, Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 20:02
(Revised) True, but it really is a fine line. The answer you accepted was mentioned in 2/3 of the possible duplicates listed above and all 3 had answers based on library solutions. This was my first down vote; I seriously try to avoid them. In this case, looking at your stats I would've expected a search beforehand. After seeing the question I did a quick Google search to find a library-less version. The first two potential duplicates were the top 2 results returned from Google — psema4
– psema4, Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 20:55
I did search (and found those questions), but I overlooked the underscore.js mentions. You are correct though, I should have read the search results more carefully. — Jeff Storey
– Jeff Storey, Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 21:01

koopajah · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-07 19:41:06Z

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There is Underscore.js with the function isEqual() : http://underscorejs.org/#isEqual

answered Dec 7, 2012 at 19:41

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