# xarray.testing.assert_identical

`xarray.testing.``assert_identical`(a, b)

  Like `xarray.testing.assert_equal()`, but also matches the objects’ names and attributes.

  Raises an AssertionError if two objects are not identical.

  Parameters:

  - a (xarray.Dataset, xarray.DataArray or xarray.Variable) – The first object to compare.
  - b (xarray.Dataset, xarray.DataArray or xarray.Variable) – The second object to compare.

  See also

  `assert_equal()`, `assert_allclose()`, `Dataset.equals()`, `DataArray.equals()`