Utility Mill

Text_Diff

Show differences between 2 works of text


Output


Instructions / Discussion

This is a handy, simple diff tool. Perhaps the first online diff tool?

It basically just takes advantage of Python's built in difflib.

When you select text output, this explanation from difflib's documentation should help you make sense of the output:

Each character begins with a two-letter code:

  • '- ' character unique to sequence 1
  • '+ ' character unique to sequence 2
  • ' ' character common to both sequences
  • '? ' character not present in either input sequence

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