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How to check two elements are same using jQuery/JavaScript ?

Given an HTML document containing two elements and the task is to check whether both elements are same or not with the help of JavaScript. 

Approach 1: Use is() method to check both selected elements are same or not. It takes an element as argument and check if it is equal to the other element. 

Example: This example implements the above approach. 

html




<script src=
</script>
<h1 style="color:green;">
    GeeksForGeeks
</h1>
  
<p id="GFG_UP" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
  
<button onclick="GFG_Fun()">
    click here
</button>
  
<p id="GFG_DOWN" 
   style="color:green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
  
<script>
    var up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP');
    var down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN');
    var id1 = "GFG_UP";
    var id2 = "GFG_UP";
      
    up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to check if "
            + "both elements are equal.<br>" + "id1 = "
            + id1 + "<br>id2 = " + id2;
      
    function GFG_Fun() {
        if ($('#GFG_UP').is($('#GFG_UP'))) {
            down.innerHTML = "Both elements are same";
        } else {
            down.innerHTML = "Both elements are different";
        }
    }
</script>


Output:

 

Approach 2: The == operator is used to compare two JavaScript elements. If both elements are equal then it returns True otherwise returns False. Example: This example implements the above approach. 

html




<script src=
</script>
<h1 style="color:green;">
    GeeksForGeeks
</h1>
  
<p id="GFG_UP" 
   style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
  
<button onclick="GFG_Fun()">
    click here
</button>
  
<p id="GFG_DOWN" 
   style="color:green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
  
<script>
    var up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP');
    var down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN');
    var id1 = "GFG_UP";
    var id2 = "GFG_DOWN";
      
    up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to check if both"
            + " elements are equal.<br>" + "id1 = "
            + id1 + "<br>id2 = " + id2;
      
    function GFG_Fun() {
        if ($('#GFG_UP')[0] == $('#GFG_DOWN')[0]) {
            down.innerHTML = "Both elements are same";
        } else {
            down.innerHTML = "Both elements are different";
        }
    }
</script>


Output:

 

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