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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def equals(self, other):
 """ Determine if two Index objects contain the same elements. """

        if self.is_(other):
            return True

        if not isinstance(other, Index):
            return False

        if is_object_dtype(self) and not is_object_dtype(other):
            # if other is not object, use other's logic for coercion
            return other.equals(self)

        try:
            return array_equivalent(com.values_from_object(self),
                                    com.values_from_object(other))
        except Exception:
            return False