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DiffTools

Guides

  • Diff Tools

Tech Notes

  • Comparing Notebooks
  • Introduction to DiffTools

Symbols

  • AlignCellLists
  • BaseDiffStyle
  • Diff3
  • DiffApply
  • DiffGranularity
  • DiffInputFunction
  • DiffInvert
  • Diff
  • DiffObject
  • DiffView
  • IgnoreElements
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[
EXPERIMENTAL
]
Wolfram`DiffTools`
DiffView
​
DiffView
[obj]
displays the changes from the given
DiffObject
.
​
​
DiffView
[obj,format]
displays the changes in the specified format.
​
Details and Options

Examples  
(13)
Basic Examples  
(4)
View the changes between two lists:
In[1]:=
DiffView

Diff
[{0,1,2,4},{1,2,3,4,5}]
Out[1]=
{
0
,1,2,
3
,4,
5
}
​
View the changes between two strings:
In[1]:=
DiffView

Diff
["A rose by any other name","another string"]
Out[1]=
A rose by
an
y
other
name
string
​
View two different change sets at once:
In[1]:=
DiffView

Diff3
[{1,2,5,7},{2,5,6,7,8},{1,2,3,4,5,7}]
Out[1]=
Common Ancestor
Our Changes
Their Changes
●
1
1
·
2
2
2
●
3
●
4
·
5
5
5
●
6
·
7
7
7
●
8
​
Use
DiffView
to visualize an existing
DiffObject
:
In[1]:=
obj=
Diff
["This is a test","This is another test"]​​
DiffView
[obj,"Separate"]
Out[1]=
Out[1]=
{
This is a test
,
This is a
nother
test
}
List the formats that are available for a given
DiffObject
:
In[2]:=
DiffView
[obj,"Formats"]
Out[2]=
{SummaryBox,Minimal,Combined,Separate,CharacterAlignment,CharacterAlignmentGrid}
Scope  
(6)

Options  
(2)

Possible Issues  
(1)

SeeAlso
Show
 
▪
Diff
 
▪
BaseDiffStyle
TechNotes
▪
Introduction to DiffTools
RelatedGuides
▪
Diff Tools
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