utkarshkukreti/diff.rs

An LCS based slice and string diffing implementation.

Rust

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99 commits

updated Feb 4, 2024

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README

diff.rs

An LCS based slice and string diffing implementation.

Install

[dependencies]
diff = "0.1"

Example

extern crate diff;

fn main() {
    let left = "foo\nbar\nbaz\nquux";
    let right = "foo\nbaz\nbar\nquux";

    for diff in diff::lines(left, right) {
        match diff {
            diff::Result::Left(l)    => println!("-{}", l),
            diff::Result::Both(l, _) => println!(" {}", l),
            diff::Result::Right(r)   => println!("+{}", r)
        }
    }
}

prints

 foo
-bar
 baz
+bar
 quux

License

diff is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).

See LICENSE-APACHE, and LICENSE-MIT for details.

utkarshkukreti/diff.rs

An LCS based slice and string diffing implementation.

Rust

94

99 commits

updated Feb 4, 2024

See the code

README

diff.rs

An LCS based slice and string diffing implementation.

Install

[dependencies]
diff = "0.1"

Example

extern crate diff;

fn main() {
    let left = "foo\nbar\nbaz\nquux";
    let right = "foo\nbaz\nbar\nquux";

    for diff in diff::lines(left, right) {
        match diff {
            diff::Result::Left(l)    => println!("-{}", l),
            diff::Result::Both(l, _) => println!(" {}", l),
            diff::Result::Right(r)   => println!("+{}", r)
        }
    }
}

prints

 foo
-bar
 baz
+bar
 quux

License

diff is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).

See LICENSE-APACHE, and LICENSE-MIT for details.

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