# cf.CellMethods.equals

`CellMethods.``equals`(other, rtol=None, atol=None, ignore_fill_value=False, traceback=False)

  True if two cell methods are equal, False otherwise.

  The `axes` attribute is ignored in the comparison.

  Parameters: | other : The object to compare for equality. atol : float, optional The absolute tolerance for all numerical comparisons, By default the value returned by the `ATOL` function is used. rtol : float, optional The relative tolerance for all numerical comparisons, By default the value returned by the `RTOL` function is used. ignore_fill_value : bool, optional If True then data arrays with different fill values are considered equal. By default they are considered unequal. traceback : bool, optional If True then print a traceback highlighting where the two instances differ.
  Returns: | out : bool Whether or not the two instances are equal.
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