Diff Namespace Reference

the Diff namespace contains all the objects in the Diff module More...

Functions
list	diff (softlist old, softlist neww)
	returns differences in two lists More...
string	diff_text (string s1, string s2)
	shows differences between two strings considering lines as elementary unit. This function clones standard unix diff More...

Detailed Description

the Diff namespace contains all the objects in the Diff module

Function Documentation

diff()

list Diff::diff	(	softlist	old,
		softlist	neww
	)

returns differences in two lists

Example:

my list $diff = diff((1, 2, 3, 4), (2, 3, 5));

Parameters

old	some list
neww	another list

diff_text()

string Diff::diff_text	(	string	s1,
		string	s2
	)

shows differences between two strings considering lines as elementary unit. This function clones standard unix diff

Example:

my string $diff = diff_text($str1, $str2);

Parameters

s1	some string
s2	another string