--- title: Why are two similar objects not equal in JavaScript? description: In JavaScript, two objects cannot be equal even though they are similar in JavaSCript. In the case of objects, you are comparing the references (the addresses)... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-are-two-similar-objects-not-equal-in-javascript--t431rdugc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why are two similar objects not equal in JavaScript? | daily.dev og:description: In JavaScript, two objects cannot be equal even though they are similar in JavaSCript. In the case of objects, you are comparing the references (the addresses)... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-are-two-similar-objects-not-equal-in-javascript--t431rdugc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/t431RDugc.png og:image:alt: Why are two similar objects not equal in JavaScript? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why are two similar objects not equal in JavaScript? **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@dillionmegida](https://daily.dev/dillionmegida) · 4 min read · 158 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary In JavaScript, two objects cannot be equal even though they are similar in JavaSCript. In the case of objects, you are comparing the references (the addresses) and not the exact values. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jankry** · 1 upvotes > This is great and simple explanation! Thank you. **@tatacsd** · 0 upvotes > 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 **@alsiam** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for sharing..! **@xuanmai** · 0 upvotes > They're stored on different heap memory addresses. **@mikeb275** · 0 upvotes > Nice ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-are-two-similar-objects-not-equal-in-javascript--t431rdugc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why are two similar objects not equal in JavaScript?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-are-two-similar-objects-not-equal-in-javascript--t431rdugc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-are-two-similar-objects-not-equal-in-javascript--t431rdugc"},"datePublished":"2023-07-18T21:17:53.468Z","dateModified":"2023-07-20T14:10:56.027Z","description":"In JavaScript, two objects cannot be equal even though they are similar in JavaSCript. 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Thank you.","datePublished":"2023-07-26T05:17:34.202Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/t431RDugc#c-RYHFwCF9T","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jan Kry","url":"https://daily.dev/jankry","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47389347?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻","datePublished":"2023-07-25T16:54:01.179Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/t431RDugc#c-yhJrtPraz","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Thays Casado","url":"https://daily.dev/tatacsd","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29147847?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for sharing…!","datePublished":"2023-08-04T14:44:28.311Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/t431RDugc#c-huz3Ka10Y","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Saif Al Siam","url":"https://daily.dev/alsiam","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"They’re stored on different heap memory addresses.","datePublished":"2023-09-01T03:49:42.997Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/t431RDugc#c-hTIJ3JB9k","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"xuan mai","url":"https://daily.dev/xuanmai","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AAcHTtcUz-v-4SrYmDLjfG-rRJhbBeOM7nd6qB7YtkE_MM8ScQ=s96-c"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice","datePublished":"2023-07-26T16:36:39.917Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/t431RDugc#c-i6OLAUbkA","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mike Brown","url":"https://daily.dev/mikeb275","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95425903?v=4"}}]} ```