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difflib

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Versions in this module

v1

v1.3.0

Jun 30, 2025

v1.2.0

May 17, 2020

Changes in this version

+ type LineDiffParams struct

+ A []string

+ AutoJunk bool

+ B []string

+ Context int

+ Eol string

+ FromDate string

+ FromFile string

+ IsJunkLine func(string) bool

+ ToDate string

+ ToFile string

v1.1.2

Oct 28, 2019

Changes in this version

+ type DiffLine struct

+ Line string

+ Tag byte

+ func NewDiffLine(tag byte, line string) (l DiffLine)

type Differ

+ func (d *Differ) StructuredDump(tag byte, x []string, low int, high int) (out []DiffLine)

v1.1.1

Jun 9, 2019

v1.1.0

Jun 9, 2019

Changes in this version

+ type Differ struct

+ Charjunk func(string) bool

+ Linejunk func(string) bool

+ func NewDiffer() *Differ

+ func (d *Differ) Compare(a []string, b []string) (diffs []string, err error)

+ func (d *Differ) Dump(tag string, x []string, lo int, hi int) (out []string)

+ func (d *Differ) FancyReplace(a []string, alo int, ahi int, b []string, blo int, bhi int) (out []string, err error)

+ func (d *Differ) PlainReplace(a []string, alo int, ahi int, b []string, blo int, bhi int) (out []string, err error)

+ func (d *Differ) QFormat(aline string, bline string, atags string, btags string) (out []string)

v1.0.0

Jan 10, 2016

Changes in this version

+ func GetContextDiffString(diff ContextDiff) (string, error)

+ func GetUnifiedDiffString(diff UnifiedDiff) (string, error)

+ func SplitLines(s string) []string

+ func WriteContextDiff(writer io.Writer, diff ContextDiff) error

+ func WriteUnifiedDiff(writer io.Writer, diff UnifiedDiff) error

+ type ContextDiff UnifiedDiff

+ type Match struct

+ A int

+ B int

+ Size int

+ type OpCode struct

+ I1 int

+ I2 int

+ J1 int

+ J2 int

+ Tag byte

+ type SequenceMatcher struct

+ IsJunk func(string) bool

+ func NewMatcher(a, b []string) *SequenceMatcher

+ func NewMatcherWithJunk(a, b []string, autoJunk bool, isJunk func(string) bool) *SequenceMatcher

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) GetGroupedOpCodes(n int) [][]OpCode

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) GetMatchingBlocks() []Match

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) GetOpCodes() []OpCode

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) QuickRatio() float64

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) Ratio() float64

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) RealQuickRatio() float64

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) SetSeq1(a []string)

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) SetSeq2(b []string)

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) SetSeqs(a, b []string)

+ type UnifiedDiff struct

+ A []string

+ B []string

+ Context int

+ Eol string

+ FromDate string

+ FromFile string

+ ToDate string

+ ToFile string