Why equal to operator does not work if it is not surrounded by space?

Question

I tried the following script

#!/bin/bash
var1=\"Test 1\" 
var2=\"Test 2\"
if [ \"$var1\"=\"$var2\" ] 
  then 
    echo \"Equal\" 
  else 
    echo \"Not equa         


        

Answer 1

In bash the best is to use [[ ]]:

x="test"
y="test"
if [[ "${x}" = "${y}" ]]; then
    echo "Equals"
else
    echo "No equals"
fi