annotate Lib/difflib.py @ 29384:2d39ec0e55aa legacy-trunk

For the context and unified diff functions: * Simplified test for visible changes * Improved variable names and line spacing * Replaced dict(a=3) style with Py2.2 compatable {'a':3}
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date Sun, 08 Jun 2003 19:38:42 +0000
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1 #! /usr/bin/env python
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3 """
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4 Module difflib -- helpers for computing deltas between objects.
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6 Function get_close_matches(word, possibilities, n=3, cutoff=0.6):
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7 Use SequenceMatcher to return list of the best "good enough" matches.
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9 Function context_diff(a, b):
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10 For two lists of strings, return a delta in context diff format.
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12 Function ndiff(a, b):
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13 Return a delta: the difference between `a` and `b` (lists of strings).
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15 Function restore(delta, which):
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16 Return one of the two sequences that generated an ndiff delta.
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18 Function unified_diff(a, b):
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19 For two lists of strings, return a delta in unified diff format.
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21 Class SequenceMatcher:
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22 A flexible class for comparing pairs of sequences of any type.
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24 Class Differ:
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25 For producing human-readable deltas from sequences of lines of text.
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26 """
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28 __all__ = ['get_close_matches', 'ndiff', 'restore', 'SequenceMatcher',
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29 'Differ','IS_CHARACTER_JUNK', 'IS_LINE_JUNK', 'context_diff',
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30 'unified_diff']
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32 class SequenceMatcher:
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34 """
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35 SequenceMatcher is a flexible class for comparing pairs of sequences of
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36 any type, so long as the sequence elements are hashable. The basic
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37 algorithm predates, and is a little fancier than, an algorithm
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38 published in the late 1980's by Ratcliff and Obershelp under the
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39 hyperbolic name "gestalt pattern matching". The basic idea is to find
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40 the longest contiguous matching subsequence that contains no "junk"
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41 elements (R-O doesn't address junk). The same idea is then applied
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42 recursively to the pieces of the sequences to the left and to the right
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43 of the matching subsequence. This does not yield minimal edit
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44 sequences, but does tend to yield matches that "look right" to people.
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46 SequenceMatcher tries to compute a "human-friendly diff" between two
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47 sequences. Unlike e.g. UNIX(tm) diff, the fundamental notion is the
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48 longest *contiguous* & junk-free matching subsequence. That's what
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49 catches peoples' eyes. The Windows(tm) windiff has another interesting
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50 notion, pairing up elements that appear uniquely in each sequence.
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51 That, and the method here, appear to yield more intuitive difference
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52 reports than does diff. This method appears to be the least vulnerable
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54 ordinary text files, or maybe "<P>" lines in HTML files). That may be
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55 because this is the only method of the 3 that has a *concept* of
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56 "junk" <wink>.
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58 Example, comparing two strings, and considering blanks to be "junk":
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60 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(lambda x: x == " ",
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61 ... "private Thread currentThread;",
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62 ... "private volatile Thread currentThread;")
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63 >>>
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65 .ratio() returns a float in [0, 1], measuring the "similarity" of the
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66 sequences. As a rule of thumb, a .ratio() value over 0.6 means the
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67 sequences are close matches:
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69 >>> print round(s.ratio(), 3)
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70 0.866
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71 >>>
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73 If you're only interested in where the sequences match,
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74 .get_matching_blocks() is handy:
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76 >>> for block in s.get_matching_blocks():
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77 ... print "a[%d] and b[%d] match for %d elements" % block
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78 a[0] and b[0] match for 8 elements
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79 a[8] and b[17] match for 6 elements
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80 a[14] and b[23] match for 15 elements
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81 a[29] and b[38] match for 0 elements
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82
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83 Note that the last tuple returned by .get_matching_blocks() is always a
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84 dummy, (len(a), len(b), 0), and this is the only case in which the last
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85 tuple element (number of elements matched) is 0.
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86
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87 If you want to know how to change the first sequence into the second,
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88 use .get_opcodes():
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90 >>> for opcode in s.get_opcodes():
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91 ... print "%6s a[%d:%d] b[%d:%d]" % opcode
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92 equal a[0:8] b[0:8]
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93 insert a[8:8] b[8:17]
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94 equal a[8:14] b[17:23]
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95 equal a[14:29] b[23:38]
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97 See the Differ class for a fancy human-friendly file differencer, which
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98 uses SequenceMatcher both to compare sequences of lines, and to compare
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99 sequences of characters within similar (near-matching) lines.
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101 See also function get_close_matches() in this module, which shows how
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102 simple code building on SequenceMatcher can be used to do useful work.
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104 Timing: Basic R-O is cubic time worst case and quadratic time expected
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106 expected-case behavior dependent in a complicated way on how many
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107 elements the sequences have in common; best case time is linear.
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109 Methods:
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111 __init__(isjunk=None, a='', b='')
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112 Construct a SequenceMatcher.
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114 set_seqs(a, b)
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115 Set the two sequences to be compared.
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117 set_seq1(a)
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118 Set the first sequence to be compared.
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120 set_seq2(b)
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121 Set the second sequence to be compared.
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123 find_longest_match(alo, ahi, blo, bhi)
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124 Find longest matching block in a[alo:ahi] and b[blo:bhi].
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126 get_matching_blocks()
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127 Return list of triples describing matching subsequences.
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128
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129 get_opcodes()
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130 Return list of 5-tuples describing how to turn a into b.
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132 ratio()
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133 Return a measure of the sequences' similarity (float in [0,1]).
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134
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135 quick_ratio()
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136 Return an upper bound on .ratio() relatively quickly.
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137
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138 real_quick_ratio()
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139 Return an upper bound on ratio() very quickly.
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140 """
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142 def __init__(self, isjunk=None, a='', b=''):
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149 lambda x: x in " \\t"
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160 """
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163 # a
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164 # first sequence
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165 # b
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166 # second sequence; differences are computed as "what do
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167 # we need to do to 'a' to change it into 'b'?"
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169 # for x in b, b2j[x] is a list of the indices (into b)
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170 # at which x appears; junk elements do not appear
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175 # matching_blocks
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176 # a list of (i, j, k) triples, where a[i:i+k] == b[j:j+k];
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179 # opcodes
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182 # 'replace' a[i1:i2] should be replaced by b[j1:j2]
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185 # 'equal' a[i1:i2] == b[j1:j2]
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186 # isjunk
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191 # DON'T USE! Only __chain_b uses this. Use isbjunk.
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193 # for x in b, isbjunk(x) == isjunk(x) but much faster;
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198 # (at least 200 elements) and x accounts for more than 1% of
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199 # its elements. DOES NOT WORK for x in a!
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202 self.a = self.b = None
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203 self.set_seqs(a, b)
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205 def set_seqs(self, a, b):
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206 """Set the two sequences to be compared.
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209 >>> s.set_seqs("abcd", "bcde")
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210 >>> s.ratio()
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212 """
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217 def set_seq1(self, a):
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218 """Set the first sequence to be compared.
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220 The second sequence to be compared is not changed.
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222 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, "abcd", "bcde")
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223 >>> s.ratio()
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224 0.75
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225 >>> s.set_seq1("bcde")
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230 SequenceMatcher computes and caches detailed information about the
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235 See also set_seqs() and set_seq2().
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236 """
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239 return
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243 def set_seq2(self, b):
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244 """Set the second sequence to be compared.
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248 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, "abcd", "bcde")
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249 >>> s.ratio()
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250 0.75
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251 >>> s.set_seq2("abcd")
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252 >>> s.ratio()
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253 1.0
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254 >>>
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261 See also set_seqs() and set_seq1().
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262 """
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264 if b is self.b:
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265 return
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266 self.b = b
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267 self.matching_blocks = self.opcodes = None
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268 self.fullbcount = None
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269 self.__chain_b()
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270
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271 # For each element x in b, set b2j[x] to a list of the indices in
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272 # b where x appears; the indices are in increasing order; note that
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273 # the number of times x appears in b is len(b2j[x]) ...
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274 # when self.isjunk is defined, junk elements don't show up in this
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275 # map at all, which stops the central find_longest_match method
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276 # from starting any matching block at a junk element ...
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277 # also creates the fast isbjunk function ...
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278 # b2j also does not contain entries for "popular" elements, meaning
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279 # elements that account for more than 1% of the total elements, and
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280 # when the sequence is reasonably large (>= 200 elements); this can
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281 # be viewed as an adaptive notion of semi-junk, and yields an enormous
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282 # speedup when, e.g., comparing program files with hundreds of
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283 # instances of "return NULL;" ...
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284 # note that this is only called when b changes; so for cross-product
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285 # kinds of matches, it's best to call set_seq2 once, then set_seq1
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286 # repeatedly
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288 def __chain_b(self):
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289 # Because isjunk is a user-defined (not C) function, and we test
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290 # for junk a LOT, it's important to minimize the number of calls.
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291 # Before the tricks described here, __chain_b was by far the most
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292 # time-consuming routine in the whole module! If anyone sees
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293 # Jim Roskind, thank him again for profile.py -- I never would
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294 # have guessed that.
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295 # The first trick is to build b2j ignoring the possibility
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296 # of junk. I.e., we don't call isjunk at all yet. Throwing
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297 # out the junk later is much cheaper than building b2j "right"
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298 # from the start.
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299 b = self.b
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300 n = len(b)
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301 self.b2j = b2j = {}
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302 populardict = {}
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303 for i, elt in enumerate(b):
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304 if elt in b2j:
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305 indices = b2j[elt]
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306 if n >= 200 and len(indices) * 100 > n:
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307 populardict[elt] = 1
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308 del indices[:]
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309 else:
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310 indices.append(i)
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311 else:
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312 b2j[elt] = [i]
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314 # Purge leftover indices for popular elements.
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315 for elt in populardict:
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316 del b2j[elt]
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318 # Now b2j.keys() contains elements uniquely, and especially when
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319 # the sequence is a string, that's usually a good deal smaller
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320 # than len(string). The difference is the number of isjunk calls
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321 # saved.
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322 isjunk = self.isjunk
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323 junkdict = {}
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324 if isjunk:
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325 for d in populardict, b2j:
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326 for elt in d.keys():
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327 if isjunk(elt):
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328 junkdict[elt] = 1
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329 del d[elt]
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331 # Now for x in b, isjunk(x) == x in junkdict, but the
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332 # latter is much faster. Note too that while there may be a
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333 # lot of junk in the sequence, the number of *unique* junk
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334 # elements is probably small. So the memory burden of keeping
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335 # this dict alive is likely trivial compared to the size of b2j.
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336 self.isbjunk = junkdict.has_key
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337 self.isbpopular = populardict.has_key
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338
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339 def find_longest_match(self, alo, ahi, blo, bhi):
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340 """Find longest matching block in a[alo:ahi] and b[blo:bhi].
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342 If isjunk is not defined:
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344 Return (i,j,k) such that a[i:i+k] is equal to b[j:j+k], where
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345 alo <= i <= i+k <= ahi
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346 blo <= j <= j+k <= bhi
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347 and for all (i',j',k') meeting those conditions,
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348 k >= k'
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349 i <= i'
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350 and if i == i', j <= j'
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352 In other words, of all maximal matching blocks, return one that
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354 start earliest in a, return the one that starts earliest in b.
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356 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, " abcd", "abcd abcd")
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357 >>> s.find_longest_match(0, 5, 0, 9)
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358 (0, 4, 5)
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360 If isjunk is defined, first the longest matching block is
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361 determined as above, but with the additional restriction that no
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362 junk element appears in the block. Then that block is extended as
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363 far as possible by matching (only) junk elements on both sides. So
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364 the resulting block never matches on junk except as identical junk
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365 happens to be adjacent to an "interesting" match.
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366
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367 Here's the same example as before, but considering blanks to be
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368 junk. That prevents " abcd" from matching the " abcd" at the tail
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369 end of the second sequence directly. Instead only the "abcd" can
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370 match, and matches the leftmost "abcd" in the second sequence:
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371
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372 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(lambda x: x==" ", " abcd", "abcd abcd")
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373 >>> s.find_longest_match(0, 5, 0, 9)
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374 (1, 0, 4)
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376 If no blocks match, return (alo, blo, 0).
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378 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, "ab", "c")
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379 >>> s.find_longest_match(0, 2, 0, 1)
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380 (0, 0, 0)
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381 """
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383 # CAUTION: stripping common prefix or suffix would be incorrect.
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385 # ab
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386 # acab
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387 # Longest matching block is "ab", but if common prefix is
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388 # stripped, it's "a" (tied with "b"). UNIX(tm) diff does so
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389 # strip, so ends up claiming that ab is changed to acab by
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390 # inserting "ca" in the middle. That's minimal but unintuitive:
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391 # "it's obvious" that someone inserted "ac" at the front.
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392 # Windiff ends up at the same place as diff, but by pairing up
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393 # the unique 'b's and then matching the first two 'a's.
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394
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395 a, b, b2j, isbjunk = self.a, self.b, self.b2j, self.isbjunk
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396 besti, bestj, bestsize = alo, blo, 0
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397 # find longest junk-free match
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398 # during an iteration of the loop, j2len[j] = length of longest
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399 # junk-free match ending with a[i-1] and b[j]
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400 j2len = {}
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401 nothing = []
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402 for i in xrange(alo, ahi):
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403 # look at all instances of a[i] in b; note that because
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404 # b2j has no junk keys, the loop is skipped if a[i] is junk
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405 j2lenget = j2len.get
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406 newj2len = {}
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407 for j in b2j.get(a[i], nothing):
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408 # a[i] matches b[j]
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409 if j < blo:
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410 continue
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411 if j >= bhi:
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412 break
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413 k = newj2len[j] = j2lenget(j-1, 0) + 1
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414 if k > bestsize:
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415 besti, bestj, bestsize = i-k+1, j-k+1, k
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416 j2len = newj2len
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417
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418 # Extend the best by non-junk elements on each end. In particular,
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419 # "popular" non-junk elements aren't in b2j, which greatly speeds
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420 # the inner loop above, but also means "the best" match so far
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421 # doesn't contain any junk *or* popular non-junk elements.
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422 while besti > alo and bestj > blo and \
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423 not isbjunk(b[bestj-1]) and \
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424 a[besti-1] == b[bestj-1]:
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425 besti, bestj, bestsize = besti-1, bestj-1, bestsize+1
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426 while besti+bestsize < ahi and bestj+bestsize < bhi and \
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427 not isbjunk(b[bestj+bestsize]) and \
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428 a[besti+bestsize] == b[bestj+bestsize]:
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429 bestsize += 1
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430
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431 # Now that we have a wholly interesting match (albeit possibly
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432 # empty!), we may as well suck up the matching junk on each
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433 # side of it too. Can't think of a good reason not to, and it
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434 # saves post-processing the (possibly considerable) expense of
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435 # figuring out what to do with it. In the case of an empty
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436 # interesting match, this is clearly the right thing to do,
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437 # because no other kind of match is possible in the regions.
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438 while besti > alo and bestj > blo and \
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439 isbjunk(b[bestj-1]) and \
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440 a[besti-1] == b[bestj-1]:
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441 besti, bestj, bestsize = besti-1, bestj-1, bestsize+1
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442 while besti+bestsize < ahi and bestj+bestsize < bhi and \
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443 isbjunk(b[bestj+bestsize]) and \
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444 a[besti+bestsize] == b[bestj+bestsize]:
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445 bestsize = bestsize + 1
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446
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447 return besti, bestj, bestsize
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448
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449 def get_matching_blocks(self):
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450 """Return list of triples describing matching subsequences.
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451
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452 Each triple is of the form (i, j, n), and means that
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453 a[i:i+n] == b[j:j+n]. The triples are monotonically increasing in
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454 i and in j.
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455
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456 The last triple is a dummy, (len(a), len(b), 0), and is the only
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457 triple with n==0.
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458
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459 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, "abxcd", "abcd")
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460 >>> s.get_matching_blocks()
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461 [(0, 0, 2), (3, 2, 2), (5, 4, 0)]
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462 """
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463
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464 if self.matching_blocks is not None:
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465 return self.matching_blocks
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466 self.matching_blocks = []
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467 la, lb = len(self.a), len(self.b)
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468 self.__helper(0, la, 0, lb, self.matching_blocks)
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469 self.matching_blocks.append( (la, lb, 0) )
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470 return self.matching_blocks
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471
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472 # builds list of matching blocks covering a[alo:ahi] and
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473 # b[blo:bhi], appending them in increasing order to answer
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474
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475 def __helper(self, alo, ahi, blo, bhi, answer):
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476 i, j, k = x = self.find_longest_match(alo, ahi, blo, bhi)
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477 # a[alo:i] vs b[blo:j] unknown
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478 # a[i:i+k] same as b[j:j+k]
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479 # a[i+k:ahi] vs b[j+k:bhi] unknown
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480 if k:
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481 if alo < i and blo < j:
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482 self.__helper(alo, i, blo, j, answer)
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483 answer.append(x)
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484 if i+k < ahi and j+k < bhi:
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485 self.__helper(i+k, ahi, j+k, bhi, answer)
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486
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487 def get_opcodes(self):
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488 """Return list of 5-tuples describing how to turn a into b.
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489
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490 Each tuple is of the form (tag, i1, i2, j1, j2). The first tuple
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491 has i1 == j1 == 0, and remaining tuples have i1 == the i2 from the
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492 tuple preceding it, and likewise for j1 == the previous j2.
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493
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494 The tags are strings, with these meanings:
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495
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496 'replace': a[i1:i2] should be replaced by b[j1:j2]
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497 'delete': a[i1:i2] should be deleted.
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498 Note that j1==j2 in this case.
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499 'insert': b[j1:j2] should be inserted at a[i1:i1].
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500 Note that i1==i2 in this case.
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501 'equal': a[i1:i2] == b[j1:j2]
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502
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503 >>> a = "qabxcd"
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504 >>> b = "abycdf"
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505 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, a, b)
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506 >>> for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in s.get_opcodes():
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507 ... print ("%7s a[%d:%d] (%s) b[%d:%d] (%s)" %
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508 ... (tag, i1, i2, a[i1:i2], j1, j2, b[j1:j2]))
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509 delete a[0:1] (q) b[0:0] ()
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510 equal a[1:3] (ab) b[0:2] (ab)
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511 replace a[3:4] (x) b[2:3] (y)
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512 equal a[4:6] (cd) b[3:5] (cd)
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513 insert a[6:6] () b[5:6] (f)
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514 """
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515
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516 if self.opcodes is not None:
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517 return self.opcodes
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518 i = j = 0
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519 self.opcodes = answer = []
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520 for ai, bj, size in self.get_matching_blocks():
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521 # invariant: we've pumped out correct diffs to change
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522 # a[:i] into b[:j], and the next matching block is
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523 # a[ai:ai+size] == b[bj:bj+size]. So we need to pump
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524 # out a diff to change a[i:ai] into b[j:bj], pump out
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525 # the matching block, and move (i,j) beyond the match
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526 tag = ''
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527 if i < ai and j < bj:
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528 tag = 'replace'
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529 elif i < ai:
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530 tag = 'delete'
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531 elif j < bj:
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532 tag = 'insert'
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533 if tag:
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534 answer.append( (tag, i, ai, j, bj) )
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535 i, j = ai+size, bj+size
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536 # the list of matching blocks is terminated by a
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537 # sentinel with size 0
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538 if size:
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539 answer.append( ('equal', ai, i, bj, j) )
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540 return answer
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541
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542 def get_grouped_opcodes(self, n=3):
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543 """ Isolate change clusters by eliminating ranges with no changes.
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544
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545 Return a generator of groups with upto n lines of context.
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546 Each group is in the same format as returned by get_opcodes().
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547
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548 >>> from pprint import pprint
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549 >>> a = map(str, range(1,40))
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550 >>> b = a[:]
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551 >>> b[8:8] = ['i'] # Make an insertion
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552 >>> b[20] += 'x' # Make a replacement
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553 >>> b[23:28] = [] # Make a deletion
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554 >>> b[30] += 'y' # Make another replacement
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555 >>> pprint(list(SequenceMatcher(None,a,b).get_grouped_opcodes()))
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556 [[('equal', 5, 8, 5, 8), ('insert', 8, 8, 8, 9), ('equal', 8, 11, 9, 12)],
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557 [('equal', 16, 19, 17, 20),
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558 ('replace', 19, 20, 20, 21),
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559 ('equal', 20, 22, 21, 23),
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560 ('delete', 22, 27, 23, 23),
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561 ('equal', 27, 30, 23, 26)],
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562 [('equal', 31, 34, 27, 30),
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563 ('replace', 34, 35, 30, 31),
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564 ('equal', 35, 38, 31, 34)]]
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565 """
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566
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567 codes = self.get_opcodes()
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568 # Fixup leading and trailing groups if they show no changes.
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569 if codes[0][0] == 'equal':
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570 tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 = codes[0]
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571 codes[0] = tag, max(i1, i2-n), i2, max(j1, j2-n), j2
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572 if codes[-1][0] == 'equal':
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573 tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 = codes[-1]
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574 codes[-1] = tag, i1, min(i2, i1+n), j1, min(j2, j1+n)
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575
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576 nn = n + n
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577 group = []
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578 for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in codes:
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579 # End the current group and start a new one whenever
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580 # there is a large range with no changes.
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581 if tag == 'equal' and i2-i1 > nn:
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582 group.append((tag, i1, min(i2, i1+n), j1, min(j2, j1+n)))
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583 yield group
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584 group = []
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585 i1, j1 = max(i1, i2-n), max(j1, j2-n)
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586 group.append((tag, i1, i2, j1 ,j2))
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587 if group and not (len(group)==1 and group[0][0] == 'equal'):
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588 yield group
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589
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590 def ratio(self):
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591 """Return a measure of the sequences' similarity (float in [0,1]).
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592
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593 Where T is the total number of elements in both sequences, and
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594 M is the number of matches, this is 2,0*M / T.
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595 Note that this is 1 if the sequences are identical, and 0 if
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596 they have nothing in common.
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597
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598 .ratio() is expensive to compute if you haven't already computed
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599 .get_matching_blocks() or .get_opcodes(), in which case you may
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600 want to try .quick_ratio() or .real_quick_ratio() first to get an
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601 upper bound.
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602
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603 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, "abcd", "bcde")
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604 >>> s.ratio()
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605 0.75
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606 >>> s.quick_ratio()
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607 0.75
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608 >>> s.real_quick_ratio()
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609 1.0
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610 """
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611
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612 matches = reduce(lambda sum, triple: sum + triple[-1],
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613 self.get_matching_blocks(), 0)
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614 return 2.0 * matches / (len(self.a) + len(self.b))
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615
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616 def quick_ratio(self):
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617 """Return an upper bound on ratio() relatively quickly.
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618
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619 This isn't defined beyond that it is an upper bound on .ratio(), and
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620 is faster to compute.
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621 """
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622
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623 # viewing a and b as multisets, set matches to the cardinality
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624 # of their intersection; this counts the number of matches
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625 # without regard to order, so is clearly an upper bound
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626 if self.fullbcount is None:
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627 self.fullbcount = fullbcount = {}
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628 for elt in self.b:
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629 fullbcount[elt] = fullbcount.get(elt, 0) + 1
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630 fullbcount = self.fullbcount
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631 # avail[x] is the number of times x appears in 'b' less the
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632 # number of times we've seen it in 'a' so far ... kinda
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633 avail = {}
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634 availhas, matches = avail.has_key, 0
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635 for elt in self.a:
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636 if availhas(elt):
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637 numb = avail[elt]
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638 else:
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639 numb = fullbcount.get(elt, 0)
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640 avail[elt] = numb - 1
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641 if numb > 0:
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642 matches = matches + 1
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643 return 2.0 * matches / (len(self.a) + len(self.b))
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644
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645 def real_quick_ratio(self):
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646 """Return an upper bound on ratio() very quickly.
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647
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648 This isn't defined beyond that it is an upper bound on .ratio(), and
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649 is faster to compute than either .ratio() or .quick_ratio().
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650 """
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651
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652 la, lb = len(self.a), len(self.b)
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653 # can't have more matches than the number of elements in the
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654 # shorter sequence
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655 return 2.0 * min(la, lb) / (la + lb)
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656
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657 def get_close_matches(word, possibilities, n=3, cutoff=0.6):
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658 """Use SequenceMatcher to return list of the best "good enough" matches.
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659
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660 word is a sequence for which close matches are desired (typically a
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661 string).
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662
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663 possibilities is a list of sequences against which to match word
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664 (typically a list of strings).
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665
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666 Optional arg n (default 3) is the maximum number of close matches to
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667 return. n must be > 0.
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668
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669 Optional arg cutoff (default 0.6) is a float in [0, 1]. Possibilities
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670 that don't score at least that similar to word are ignored.
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671
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672 The best (no more than n) matches among the possibilities are returned
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673 in a list, sorted by similarity score, most similar first.
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674
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675 >>> get_close_matches("appel", ["ape", "apple", "peach", "puppy"])
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676 ['apple', 'ape']
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677 >>> import keyword as _keyword
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678 >>> get_close_matches("wheel", _keyword.kwlist)
16551
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679 ['while']
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680 >>> get_close_matches("apple", _keyword.kwlist)
16551
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681 []
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682 >>> get_close_matches("accept", _keyword.kwlist)
16551
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parents:
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683 ['except']
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parents:
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684 """
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parents:
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685
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parents:
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686 if not n > 0:
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16551
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687 raise ValueError("n must be > 0: " + `n`)
16551
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parents:
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688 if not 0.0 <= cutoff <= 1.0:
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689 raise ValueError("cutoff must be in [0.0, 1.0]: " + `cutoff`)
16551
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690 result = []
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691 s = SequenceMatcher()
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692 s.set_seq2(word)
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693 for x in possibilities:
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694 s.set_seq1(x)
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695 if s.real_quick_ratio() >= cutoff and \
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696 s.quick_ratio() >= cutoff and \
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697 s.ratio() >= cutoff:
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698 result.append((s.ratio(), x))
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699 # Sort by score.
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700 result.sort()
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701 # Retain only the best n.
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702 result = result[-n:]
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parents:
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703 # Move best-scorer to head of list.
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704 result.reverse()
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parents:
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705 # Strip scores.
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parents:
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706 return [x for score, x in result]
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parents:
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707
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708
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709 def _count_leading(line, ch):
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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710 """
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parents: 16703
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711 Return number of `ch` characters at the start of `line`.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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712
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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713 Example:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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714
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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715 >>> _count_leading(' abc', ' ')
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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716 3
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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717 """
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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718
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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719 i, n = 0, len(line)
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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720 while i < n and line[i] == ch:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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721 i += 1
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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722 return i
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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723
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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724 class Differ:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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725 r"""
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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726 Differ is a class for comparing sequences of lines of text, and
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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727 producing human-readable differences or deltas. Differ uses
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
728 SequenceMatcher both to compare sequences of lines, and to compare
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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729 sequences of characters within similar (near-matching) lines.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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730
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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731 Each line of a Differ delta begins with a two-letter code:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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732
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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733 '- ' line unique to sequence 1
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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734 '+ ' line unique to sequence 2
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
735 ' ' line common to both sequences
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
736 '? ' line not present in either input sequence
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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737
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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738 Lines beginning with '? ' attempt to guide the eye to intraline
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
739 differences, and were not present in either input sequence. These lines
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
740 can be confusing if the sequences contain tab characters.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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741
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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742 Note that Differ makes no claim to produce a *minimal* diff. To the
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
743 contrary, minimal diffs are often counter-intuitive, because they synch
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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744 up anywhere possible, sometimes accidental matches 100 pages apart.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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745 Restricting synch points to contiguous matches preserves some notion of
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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746 locality, at the occasional cost of producing a longer diff.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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747
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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748 Example: Comparing two texts.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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749
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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750 First we set up the texts, sequences of individual single-line strings
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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751 ending with newlines (such sequences can also be obtained from the
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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752 `readlines()` method of file-like objects):
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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753
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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754 >>> text1 = ''' 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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755 ... 2. Explicit is better than implicit.
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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756 ... 3. Simple is better than complex.
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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757 ... 4. Complex is better than complicated.
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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758 ... '''.splitlines(1)
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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759 >>> len(text1)
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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760 4
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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761 >>> text1[0][-1]
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parents: 16703
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762 '\n'
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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763 >>> text2 = ''' 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
764 ... 3. Simple is better than complex.
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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765 ... 4. Complicated is better than complex.
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
766 ... 5. Flat is better than nested.
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
767 ... '''.splitlines(1)
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
768
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
769 Next we instantiate a Differ object:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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770
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
771 >>> d = Differ()
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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772
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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773 Note that when instantiating a Differ object we may pass functions to
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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774 filter out line and character 'junk'. See Differ.__init__ for details.
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775
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776 Finally, we compare the two:
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777
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778 >>> result = list(d.compare(text1, text2))
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779
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780 'result' is a list of strings, so let's pretty-print it:
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781
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782 >>> from pprint import pprint as _pprint
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783 >>> _pprint(result)
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784 [' 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.\n',
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785 '- 2. Explicit is better than implicit.\n',
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786 '- 3. Simple is better than complex.\n',
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787 '+ 3. Simple is better than complex.\n',
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788 '? ++\n',
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789 '- 4. Complex is better than complicated.\n',
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790 '? ^ ---- ^\n',
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791 '+ 4. Complicated is better than complex.\n',
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792 '? ++++ ^ ^\n',
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793 '+ 5. Flat is better than nested.\n']
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794
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795 As a single multi-line string it looks like this:
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796
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797 >>> print ''.join(result),
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798 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.
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799 - 2. Explicit is better than implicit.
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800 - 3. Simple is better than complex.
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801 + 3. Simple is better than complex.
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802 ? ++
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803 - 4. Complex is better than complicated.
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804 ? ^ ---- ^
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805 + 4. Complicated is better than complex.
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806 ? ++++ ^ ^
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807 + 5. Flat is better than nested.
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808
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809 Methods:
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810
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811 __init__(linejunk=None, charjunk=None)
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812 Construct a text differencer, with optional filters.
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813
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814 compare(a, b)
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815 Compare two sequences of lines; generate the resulting delta.
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816 """
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817
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818 def __init__(self, linejunk=None, charjunk=None):
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819 """
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820 Construct a text differencer, with optional filters.
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821
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822 The two optional keyword parameters are for filter functions:
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823
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824 - `linejunk`: A function that should accept a single string argument,
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825 and return true iff the string is junk. The module-level function
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826 `IS_LINE_JUNK` may be used to filter out lines without visible
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827 characters, except for at most one splat ('#'). It is recommended
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828 to leave linejunk None; as of Python 2.3, the underlying
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829 SequenceMatcher class has grown an adaptive notion of "noise" lines
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830 that's better than any static definition the author has ever been
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831 able to craft.
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832
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833 - `charjunk`: A function that should accept a string of length 1. The
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834 module-level function `IS_CHARACTER_JUNK` may be used to filter out
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835 whitespace characters (a blank or tab; **note**: bad idea to include
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836 newline in this!). Use of IS_CHARACTER_JUNK is recommended.
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837 """
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838
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839 self.linejunk = linejunk
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840 self.charjunk = charjunk
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841
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842 def compare(self, a, b):
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843 r"""
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844 Compare two sequences of lines; generate the resulting delta.
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845
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846 Each sequence must contain individual single-line strings ending with
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847 newlines. Such sequences can be obtained from the `readlines()` method
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848 of file-like objects. The delta generated also consists of newline-
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849 terminated strings, ready to be printed as-is via the writeline()
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850 method of a file-like object.
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851
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852 Example:
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853
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854 >>> print ''.join(Differ().compare('one\ntwo\nthree\n'.splitlines(1),
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855 ... 'ore\ntree\nemu\n'.splitlines(1))),
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856 - one
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857 ? ^
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858 + ore
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859 ? ^
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860 - two
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861 - three
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862 ? -
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863 + tree
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864 + emu
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865 """
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866
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867 cruncher = SequenceMatcher(self.linejunk, a, b)
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868 for tag, alo, ahi, blo, bhi in cruncher.get_opcodes():
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869 if tag == 'replace':
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870 g = self._fancy_replace(a, alo, ahi, b, blo, bhi)
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871 elif tag == 'delete':
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872 g = self._dump('-', a, alo, ahi)
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873 elif tag == 'insert':
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874 g = self._dump('+', b, blo, bhi)
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875 elif tag == 'equal':
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876 g = self._dump(' ', a, alo, ahi)
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877 else:
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878 raise ValueError, 'unknown tag ' + `tag`
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879
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880 for line in g:
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881 yield line
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882
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883 def _dump(self, tag, x, lo, hi):
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884 """Generate comparison results for a same-tagged range."""
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885 for i in xrange(lo, hi):
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886 yield '%s %s' % (tag, x[i])
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887
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888 def _plain_replace(self, a, alo, ahi, b, blo, bhi):
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889 assert alo < ahi and blo < bhi
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890 # dump the shorter block first -- reduces the burden on short-term
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891 # memory if the blocks are of very different sizes
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892 if bhi - blo < ahi - alo:
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893 first = self._dump('+', b, blo, bhi)
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894 second = self._dump('-', a, alo, ahi)
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895 else:
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896 first = self._dump('-', a, alo, ahi)
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897 second = self._dump('+', b, blo, bhi)
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898
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899 for g in first, second:
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900 for line in g:
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901 yield line
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902
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903 def _fancy_replace(self, a, alo, ahi, b, blo, bhi):
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904 r"""
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
905 When replacing one block of lines with another, search the blocks
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
906 for *similar* lines; the best-matching pair (if any) is used as a
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
907 synch point, and intraline difference marking is done on the
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parents: 16703
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908 similar pair. Lots of work, but often worth it.
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parents: 16703
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909
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diff changeset
910 Example:
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parents: 16703
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911
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912 >>> d = Differ()
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
913 >>> d._fancy_replace(['abcDefghiJkl\n'], 0, 1, ['abcdefGhijkl\n'], 0, 1)
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diff changeset
914 >>> print ''.join(d.results),
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parents: 16703
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915 - abcDefghiJkl
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
916 ? ^ ^ ^
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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917 + abcdefGhijkl
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
918 ? ^ ^ ^
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
919 """
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
920
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
921 # don't synch up unless the lines have a similarity score of at
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
922 # least cutoff; best_ratio tracks the best score seen so far
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
923 best_ratio, cutoff = 0.74, 0.75
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
924 cruncher = SequenceMatcher(self.charjunk)
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
925 eqi, eqj = None, None # 1st indices of equal lines (if any)
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diff changeset
926
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parents: 16703
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927 # search for the pair that matches best without being identical
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
928 # (identical lines must be junk lines, & we don't want to synch up
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
929 # on junk -- unless we have to)
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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930 for j in xrange(blo, bhi):
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parents: 16703
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931 bj = b[j]
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parents: 16703
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932 cruncher.set_seq2(bj)
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parents: 16703
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933 for i in xrange(alo, ahi):
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parents: 16703
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934 ai = a[i]
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
935 if ai == bj:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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936 if eqi is None:
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
937 eqi, eqj = i, j
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parents: 16703
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938 continue
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
939 cruncher.set_seq1(ai)
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
940 # computing similarity is expensive, so use the quick
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
941 # upper bounds first -- have seen this speed up messy
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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942 # compares by a factor of 3.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
943 # note that ratio() is only expensive to compute the first
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
944 # time it's called on a sequence pair; the expensive part
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
945 # of the computation is cached by cruncher
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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946 if cruncher.real_quick_ratio() > best_ratio and \
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
947 cruncher.quick_ratio() > best_ratio and \
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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948 cruncher.ratio() > best_ratio:
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
949 best_ratio, best_i, best_j = cruncher.ratio(), i, j
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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950 if best_ratio < cutoff:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
951 # no non-identical "pretty close" pair
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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952 if eqi is None:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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953 # no identical pair either -- treat it as a straight replace
20038
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parents: 19200
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954 for line in self._plain_replace(a, alo, ahi, b, blo, bhi):
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
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955 yield line
19200
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
956 return
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parents: 16703
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957 # no close pair, but an identical pair -- synch up on that
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
958 best_i, best_j, best_ratio = eqi, eqj, 1.0
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parents: 16703
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959 else:
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
960 # there's a close pair, so forget the identical pair (if any)
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961 eqi = None
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962
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
963 # a[best_i] very similar to b[best_j]; eqi is None iff they're not
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
964 # identical
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965
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
966 # pump out diffs from before the synch point
20038
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
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967 for line in self._fancy_helper(a, alo, best_i, b, blo, best_j):
8a6f2ee6eaba Make difflib.ndiff() and difflib.Differ.compare() generators. This
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
968 yield line
19200
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
969
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
970 # do intraline marking on the synch pair
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
971 aelt, belt = a[best_i], b[best_j]
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
972 if eqi is None:
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
973 # pump out a '-', '?', '+', '?' quad for the synched lines
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
974 atags = btags = ""
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
975 cruncher.set_seqs(aelt, belt)
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
976 for tag, ai1, ai2, bj1, bj2 in cruncher.get_opcodes():
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
977 la, lb = ai2 - ai1, bj2 - bj1
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
978 if tag == 'replace':
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
979 atags += '^' * la
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
980 btags += '^' * lb
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
981 elif tag == 'delete':
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
982 atags += '-' * la
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
983 elif tag == 'insert':
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
984 btags += '+' * lb
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
985 elif tag == 'equal':
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
986 atags += ' ' * la
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diff changeset
987 btags += ' ' * lb
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
988 else:
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
989 raise ValueError, 'unknown tag ' + `tag`
20038
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
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990 for line in self._qformat(aelt, belt, atags, btags):
8a6f2ee6eaba Make difflib.ndiff() and difflib.Differ.compare() generators. This
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
991 yield line
19200
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parents: 16703
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992 else:
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
993 # the synch pair is identical
20038
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
994 yield ' ' + aelt
19200
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
995
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
996 # pump out diffs from after the synch point
20038
8a6f2ee6eaba Make difflib.ndiff() and difflib.Differ.compare() generators. This
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
997 for line in self._fancy_helper(a, best_i+1, ahi, b, best_j+1, bhi):
8a6f2ee6eaba Make difflib.ndiff() and difflib.Differ.compare() generators. This
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
998 yield line
19200
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
999
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1000 def _fancy_helper(self, a, alo, ahi, b, blo, bhi):
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
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1001 g = []
19200
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parents: 16703
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1002 if alo < ahi:
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1003 if blo < bhi:
20038
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
1004 g = self._fancy_replace(a, alo, ahi, b, blo, bhi)
19200
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1005 else:
20038
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
1006 g = self._dump('-', a, alo, ahi)
19200
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1007 elif blo < bhi:
20038
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
1008 g = self._dump('+', b, blo, bhi)
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
1009
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
1010 for line in g:
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parents: 19200
diff changeset
1011 yield line
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parents: 16703
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1012
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1013 def _qformat(self, aline, bline, atags, btags):
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1014 r"""
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1015 Format "?" output and deal with leading tabs.
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parents: 16703
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1016
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1017 Example:
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1018
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1019 >>> d = Differ()
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1020 >>> d._qformat('\tabcDefghiJkl\n', '\t\tabcdefGhijkl\n',
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1021 ... ' ^ ^ ^ ', '+ ^ ^ ^ ')
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1022 >>> for line in d.results: print repr(line)
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1023 ...
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parents: 16703
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1024 '- \tabcDefghiJkl\n'
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1025 '? \t ^ ^ ^\n'
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1026 '+ \t\tabcdefGhijkl\n'
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1027 '? \t ^ ^ ^\n'
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1028 """
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1029
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1030 # Can hurt, but will probably help most of the time.
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parents: 16703
diff changeset
1031 common = min(_count_leading(aline, "\t"),
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1032 _count_leading(bline, "\t"))
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1033 common = min(common, _count_leading(atags[:common], " "))
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1034 atags = atags[common:].rstrip()
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1035 btags = btags[common:].rstrip()
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1036
20038
8a6f2ee6eaba Make difflib.ndiff() and difflib.Differ.compare() generators. This
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
1037 yield "- " + aline
19200
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
1038 if atags:
20240
5c4261e74478 Whitespace normalization.
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 20038
diff changeset
1039 yield "? %s%s\n" % ("\t" * common, atags)
19200
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
1040
20038
8a6f2ee6eaba Make difflib.ndiff() and difflib.Differ.compare() generators. This
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
diff changeset
1041 yield "+ " + bline
19200
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
1042 if btags:
20038
8a6f2ee6eaba Make difflib.ndiff() and difflib.Differ.compare() generators. This
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 19200
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1043 yield "? %s%s\n" % ("\t" * common, btags)
19200
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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diff changeset
1044
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1045 # With respect to junk, an earlier version of ndiff simply refused to
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parents: 16703
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1046 # *start* a match with a junk element. The result was cases like this:
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
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1047 # before: private Thread currentThread;
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1048 # after: private volatile Thread currentThread;
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1049 # If you consider whitespace to be junk, the longest contiguous match
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1050 # not starting with junk is "e Thread currentThread". So ndiff reported
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1051 # that "e volatil" was inserted between the 't' and the 'e' in "private".
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1052 # While an accurate view, to people that's absurd. The current version
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1053 # looks for matching blocks that are entirely junk-free, then extends the
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1054 # longest one of those as far as possible but only with matching junk.
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1055 # So now "currentThread" is matched, then extended to suck up the
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parents: 16703
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1056 # preceding blank; then "private" is matched, and extended to suck up the
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parents: 16703
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1057 # following blank; then "Thread" is matched; and finally ndiff reports
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parents: 16703
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1058 # that "volatile " was inserted before "Thread". The only quibble
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parents: 16703
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1059 # remaining is that perhaps it was really the case that " volatile"
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parents: 16703
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1060 # was inserted after "private". I can live with that <wink>.
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1061
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1062 import re
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1063
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1064 def IS_LINE_JUNK(line, pat=re.compile(r"\s*#?\s*$").match):
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1065 r"""
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parents: 16703
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1066 Return 1 for ignorable line: iff `line` is blank or contains a single '#'.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1067
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1068 Examples:
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1069
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1070 >>> IS_LINE_JUNK('\n')
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aa8d59823add Add the 'bool' type and its values 'False' and 'True', as described in
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 22719
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1071 True
19200
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1072 >>> IS_LINE_JUNK(' # \n')
22785
aa8d59823add Add the 'bool' type and its values 'False' and 'True', as described in
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 22719
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1073 True
19200
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1074 >>> IS_LINE_JUNK('hello\n')
22785
aa8d59823add Add the 'bool' type and its values 'False' and 'True', as described in
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 22719
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1075 False
19200
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1076 """
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1077
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1078 return pat(line) is not None
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1079
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1080 def IS_CHARACTER_JUNK(ch, ws=" \t"):
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1081 r"""
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parents: 16703
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1082 Return 1 for ignorable character: iff `ch` is a space or tab.
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
1083
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1084 Examples:
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1085
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1086 >>> IS_CHARACTER_JUNK(' ')
22785
aa8d59823add Add the 'bool' type and its values 'False' and 'True', as described in
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 22719
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1087 True
19200
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1088 >>> IS_CHARACTER_JUNK('\t')
22785
aa8d59823add Add the 'bool' type and its values 'False' and 'True', as described in
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 22719
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1089 True
19200
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parents: 16703
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1090 >>> IS_CHARACTER_JUNK('\n')
22785
aa8d59823add Add the 'bool' type and its values 'False' and 'True', as described in
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 22719
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1091 False
19200
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parents: 16703
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1092 >>> IS_CHARACTER_JUNK('x')
22785
aa8d59823add Add the 'bool' type and its values 'False' and 'True', as described in
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 22719
diff changeset
1093 False
19200
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1094 """
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1095
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
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1096 return ch in ws
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
1097
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
1098 del re
50fb4683a461 SF patch #445412 extract ndiff functionality to difflib, from
Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
parents: 16703
diff changeset
1099
29381
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
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1100
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1101 def unified_diff(a, b, fromfile='', tofile='', fromfiledate='',
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
parents: 25953
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1102 tofiledate='', n=3, lineterm='\n'):
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
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1103 r"""
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
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1104 Compare two sequences of lines; generate the delta as a unified diff.
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
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1105
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Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
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1106 Unified diffs are a compact way of showing line changes and a few
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
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1107 lines of context. The number of context lines is set by 'n' which
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1108 defaults to three.
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1109
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1110 By default, the diff control lines (those with *** or ---) are
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
parents: 25953
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1111 created with a trailing newline. This is helpful so that inputs
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Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
parents: 25953
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1112 created from file.readlines() result in diffs that are suitable for
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
parents: 25953
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1113 file.writelines() since both the inputs and outputs have trailing
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
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1114 newlines.
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
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1115
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1116 For inputs that do not have trailing newlines, set the lineterm
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
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1117 argument to "" so that the output will be uniformly newline free.
15f1dc5b7ddc Added functions for creating context diffs and unified diffs.
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1118
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1119 The unidiff format normally has a header for filenames and modification
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1120 times. Any or all of these may be specified using strings for
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1121 'fromfile', 'tofile', 'fromfiledate', and 'tofiledate'. The modification
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parents: 25953
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1122 times are normally expressed in the format returned by time.ctime().
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1123
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1124 Example:
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1125
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1126 >>> for line in unified_diff('one two three four'.split(),
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1127 ... 'zero one tree four'.split(), 'Original', 'Current',
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1128 ... 'Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991', 'Fri Jun 06 10:20:52 2003',
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1129 ... lineterm=''):
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1130 ... print line
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1131 --- Original Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991
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1132 +++ Current Fri Jun 06 10:20:52 2003
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1133 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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1134 +zero
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1135 one
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1136 -two
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1137 -three
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1138 +tree
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1139 four
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1140 """
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1141
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1142 started = False
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1143 for group in SequenceMatcher(None,a,b).get_grouped_opcodes(n):
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1144 if not started:
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1145 yield '--- %s %s%s' % (fromfile, fromfiledate, lineterm)
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1146 yield '+++ %s %s%s' % (tofile, tofiledate, lineterm)
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1147 started = True
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1148 i1, i2, j1, j2 = group[0][1], group[-1][2], group[0][3], group[-1][4]
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1149 yield "@@ -%d,%d +%d,%d @@%s" % (i1+1, i2-i1, j1+1, j2-j1, lineterm)
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1150 for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in group:
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1151 if tag == 'equal':
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1152 for line in a[i1:i2]:
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1153 yield ' ' + line
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1154 continue
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1155 if tag == 'replace' or tag == 'delete':
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1156 for line in a[i1:i2]:
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1157 yield '-' + line
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1158 if tag == 'replace' or tag == 'insert':
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1159 for line in b[j1:j2]:
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1160 yield '+' + line
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1161
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1162 # See http://www.unix.org/single_unix_specification/
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1163 def context_diff(a, b, fromfile='', tofile='',
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1164 fromfiledate='', tofiledate='', n=3, lineterm='\n'):
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1165 r"""
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1166 Compare two sequences of lines; generate the delta as a context diff.
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1167
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1168 Context diffs are a compact way of showing line changes and a few
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1169 lines of context. The number of context lines is set by 'n' which
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1170 defaults to three.
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1171
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1172 By default, the diff control lines (those with *** or ---) are
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1173 created with a trailing newline. This is helpful so that inputs
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1174 created from file.readlines() result in diffs that are suitable for
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1175 file.writelines() since both the inputs and outputs have trailing
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1176 newlines.
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1177
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1178 For inputs that do not have trailing newlines, set the lineterm
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1179 argument to "" so that the output will be uniformly newline free.
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1180
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1181 The context diff format normally has a header for filenames and
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1182 modification times. Any or all of these may be specified using
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1183 strings for 'fromfile', 'tofile', 'fromfiledate', and 'tofiledate'.
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1184 The modification times are normally expressed in the format returned
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1185 by time.ctime(). If not specified, the strings default to blanks.
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1186
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1187 Example:
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1188
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1189 >>> print ''.join(context_diff('one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\n'.splitlines(1),
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1190 ... 'zero\none\ntree\nfour\n'.splitlines(1), 'Original', 'Current',
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1191 ... 'Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991', 'Fri Jun 06 10:22:46 2003')),
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1192 *** Original Sat Jan 26 23:30:50 1991
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1193 --- Current Fri Jun 06 10:22:46 2003
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1194 ***************
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1195 *** 1,4 ****
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1196 one
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1197 ! two
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1198 ! three
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1199 four
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1200 --- 1,4 ----
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1201 + zero
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1202 one
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1203 ! tree
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1204 four
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1205 """
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1206
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1207 started = False
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1208 prefixmap = {'insert':'+ ', 'delete':'- ', 'replace':'! ', 'equal':' '}
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1209 for group in SequenceMatcher(None,a,b).get_grouped_opcodes(n):
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1210 if not started:
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1211 yield '*** %s %s%s' % (fromfile, fromfiledate, lineterm)
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1212 yield '--- %s %s%s' % (tofile, tofiledate, lineterm)
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1213 started = True
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1214
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1215 yield '***************%s' % (lineterm,)
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1216 if group[-1][2] - group[0][1] >= 2:
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1217 yield '*** %d,%d ****%s' % (group[0][1]+1, group[-1][2], lineterm)
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1218 else:
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1219 yield '*** %d ****%s' % (group[-1][2], lineterm)
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1220 visiblechanges = [e for e in group if e[0] in ('replace', 'delete')]
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1221 if visiblechanges:
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1222 for tag, i1, i2, _, _ in group:
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1223 if tag != 'insert':
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1224 for line in a[i1:i2]:
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1225 yield prefixmap[tag] + line
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1226
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1227 if group[-1][4] - group[0][3] >= 2:
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1228 yield '--- %d,%d ----%s' % (group[0][3]+1, group[-1][4], lineterm)
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1229 else:
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1230 yield '--- %d ----%s' % (group[-1][4], lineterm)
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1231 visiblechanges = [e for e in group if e[0] in ('replace', 'insert')]
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1232 if visiblechanges:
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1233 for tag, _, _, j1, j2 in group:
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1234 if tag != 'delete':
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1235 for line in b[j1:j2]:
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1236 yield prefixmap[tag] + line
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1237
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1238 def ndiff(a, b, linejunk=None, charjunk=IS_CHARACTER_JUNK):
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1239 r"""
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1240 Compare `a` and `b` (lists of strings); return a `Differ`-style delta.
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1241
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1242 Optional keyword parameters `linejunk` and `charjunk` are for filter
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1243 functions (or None):
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1244
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1245 - linejunk: A function that should accept a single string argument, and
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1246 return true iff the string is junk. The default is None, and is
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1247 recommended; as of Python 2.3, an adaptive notion of "noise" lines is
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1248 used that does a good job on its own.
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1249
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1250 - charjunk: A function that should accept a string of length 1. The
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1251 default is module-level function IS_CHARACTER_JUNK, which filters out
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1252 whitespace characters (a blank or tab; note: bad idea to include newline
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1253 in this!).
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1254
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1255 Tools/scripts/ndiff.py is a command-line front-end to this function.
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1256
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1257 Example:
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1258
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1259 >>> diff = ndiff('one\ntwo\nthree\n'.splitlines(1),
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1260 ... 'ore\ntree\nemu\n'.splitlines(1))
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1261 >>> print ''.join(diff),
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1262 - one
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1263 ? ^
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1264 + ore
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1265 ? ^
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1266 - two
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1267 - three
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1268 ? -
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1269 + tree
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1270 + emu
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1271 """
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1272 return Differ(linejunk, charjunk).compare(a, b)
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1273
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1274 def restore(delta, which):
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1275 r"""
20038
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Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
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1276 Generate one of the two sequences that generated a delta.
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1277
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1278 Given a `delta` produced by `Differ.compare()` or `ndiff()`, extract
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1279 lines originating from file 1 or 2 (parameter `which`), stripping off line
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1280 prefixes.
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1281
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1282 Examples:
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1283
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1284 >>> diff = ndiff('one\ntwo\nthree\n'.splitlines(1),
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1285 ... 'ore\ntree\nemu\n'.splitlines(1))
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1286 >>> diff = list(diff)
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1287 >>> print ''.join(restore(diff, 1)),
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1288 one
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1289 two
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1290 three
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1291 >>> print ''.join(restore(diff, 2)),
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1292 ore
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1293 tree
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1294 emu
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1295 """
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1296 try:
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1297 tag = {1: "- ", 2: "+ "}[int(which)]
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1298 except KeyError:
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1299 raise ValueError, ('unknown delta choice (must be 1 or 2): %r'
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1300 % which)
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1301 prefixes = (" ", tag)
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1302 for line in delta:
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1303 if line[:2] in prefixes:
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1304 yield line[2:]
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1305
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1306 def _test():
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1307 import doctest, difflib
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1308 return doctest.testmod(difflib)
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1309
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1310 if __name__ == "__main__":
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1311 _test()