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1 \section{\module{difflib} ---
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2 Helpers for computing deltas}
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4 \declaremodule{standard}{difflib}
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5 \modulesynopsis{Helpers for computing differences between objects.}
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6 \moduleauthor{Tim Peters}{tim.one@home.com}
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7 \sectionauthor{Tim Peters}{tim.one@home.com}
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8 % LaTeXification by Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>.
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13 \begin{classdesc*}{SequenceMatcher}
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14 This is a flexible class for comparing pairs of sequences of any
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15 type, so long as the sequence elements are hashable. The basic
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16 algorithm predates, and is a little fancier than, an algorithm
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17 published in the late 1980's by Ratcliff and Obershelp under the
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18 hyperbolic name ``gestalt pattern matching.'' The idea is to find
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19 the longest contiguous matching subsequence that contains no
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20 ``junk'' elements (the Ratcliff and Obershelp algorithm doesn't
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21 address junk). The same idea is then applied recursively to the
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22 pieces of the sequences to the left and to the right of the matching
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23 subsequence. This does not yield minimal edit sequences, but does
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24 tend to yield matches that ``look right'' to people.
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26 \strong{Timing:} The basic Ratcliff-Obershelp algorithm is cubic
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27 time in the worst case and quadratic time in the expected case.
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28 \class{SequenceMatcher} is quadratic time for the worst case and has
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29 expected-case behavior dependent in a complicated way on how many
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30 elements the sequences have in common; best case time is linear.
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31 \end{classdesc*}
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33 \begin{classdesc*}{Differ}
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35 producing human-readable differences or deltas. Differ uses
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37 compare sequences of characters within similar (near-matching)
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38 lines.
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40 Each line of a \class{Differ} delta begins with a two-letter code:
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42 \begin{tableii}{l|l}{code}{Code}{Meaning}
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43 \lineii{'- '}{line unique to sequence 1}
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44 \lineii{'+ '}{line unique to sequence 2}
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45 \lineii{' '}{line common to both sequences}
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46 \lineii{'? '}{line not present in either input sequence}
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47 \end{tableii}
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49 Lines beginning with `\code{?~}' attempt to guide the eye to
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50 intraline differences, and were not present in either input
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51 sequence. These lines can be confusing if the sequences contain tab
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55 \begin{funcdesc}{context_diff}{a, b\optional{, fromfile\optional{, tofile
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57 \optional{, lineterm}}}}}}}
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59 Compare \var{a} and \var{b} (lists of strings); return a
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60 delta (a generator generating the delta lines) in context diff
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61 format.
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63 Context diffs are a compact way of showing just the lines that have
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64 changed plus a few lines of context. The changes are shown in a
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65 before/after style. The number of context lines is set by \var{n}
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66 which defaults to three.
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68 By default, the diff control lines (those with \code{***} or \code{---})
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69 are created with a trailing newline. This is helpful so that inputs created
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70 from \function{file.readlines()} result in diffs that are suitable for use
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71 with \function{file.writelines()} since both the inputs and outputs have
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72 trailing newlines.
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74 For inputs that do not have trailing newlines, set the \var{lineterm}
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75 argument to \code{""} so that the output will be uniformly newline free.
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77 The context diff format normally has a header for filenames and
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78 modification times. Any or all of these may be specified using strings for
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79 \var{fromfile}, \var{tofile}, \var{fromfiledate}, and \var{tofiledate}.
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80 The modification times are normally expressed in the format returned by
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81 \function{time.ctime()}. If not specified, the strings default to blanks.
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83 \file{Tools/scripts/diff.py} is a command-line front-end for this
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84 function.
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85 \end{funcdesc}
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89 Return a list of the best ``good enough'' matches. \var{word} is a
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91 and \var{possibilities} is a list of sequences against which to
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92 match \var{word} (typically a list of strings).
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94 Optional argument \var{n} (default \code{3}) is the maximum number
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95 of close matches to return; \var{n} must be greater than \code{0}.
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97 Optional argument \var{cutoff} (default \code{0.6}) is a float in
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98 the range [0, 1]. Possibilities that don't score at least that
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99 similar to \var{word} are ignored.
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101 The best (no more than \var{n}) matches among the possibilities are
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102 returned in a list, sorted by similarity score, most similar first.
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104 \begin{verbatim}
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105 >>> get_close_matches('appel', ['ape', 'apple', 'peach', 'puppy'])
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106 ['apple', 'ape']
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107 >>> import keyword
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108 >>> get_close_matches('wheel', keyword.kwlist)
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109 ['while']
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110 >>> get_close_matches('apple', keyword.kwlist)
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111 []
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112 >>> get_close_matches('accept', keyword.kwlist)
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113 ['except']
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114 \end{verbatim}
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115 \end{funcdesc}
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118 charjunk}}}
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120 \class{Differ}-style delta (a generator generating the delta lines).
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122 Optional keyword parameters \var{linejunk} and \var{charjunk} are
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123 for filter functions (or \code{None}):
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125 \var{linejunk}: A function that accepts a single string
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126 argument, and returns true if the string is junk, or false if not.
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127 The default is (\code{None}), starting with Python 2.3. Before then,
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129 \function{IS_LINE_JUNK()}, which filters out lines without visible
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130 characters, except for at most one pound character (\character{\#}).
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131 As of Python 2.3, the underlying \class{SequenceMatcher} class
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194 Unified diffs are a compact way of showing just the lines that have
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195 changed plus a few lines of context. The changes are shown in a
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196 inline style (instead of separate before/after blocks). The number
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199 By default, the diff control lines (those with \code{---}, \code{+++},
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211 The modification times are normally expressed in the format returned by
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216 \end{funcdesc}
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234 \begin{seealso}
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235 \seetitle{Pattern Matching: The Gestalt Approach}{Discussion of a
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236 similar algorithm by John W. Ratcliff and D. E. Metzener.
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237 This was published in
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239 July, 1988.}
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240 \end{seealso}
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249 Optional argument \var{isjunk} must be \code{None} (the default) or
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253 \code{lambda x: 0}; in other words, no elements are ignored. For
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257 lambda x: x in " \t"
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266 \end{classdesc}
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292 Find longest matching block in \code{\var{a}[\var{alo}:\var{ahi}]}
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293 and \code{\var{b}[\var{blo}:\var{bhi}]}.
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312 \begin{verbatim}
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314 >>> s.find_longest_match(0, 5, 0, 9)
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320 junk element appears in the block. Then that block is extended as
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322 So the resulting block never matches on junk except as identical
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328 \code{'abcd'} can match, and matches the leftmost \code{'abcd'} in
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331 \begin{verbatim}
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332 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(lambda x: x==" ", " abcd", "abcd abcd")
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333 >>> s.find_longest_match(0, 5, 0, 9)
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334 (1, 0, 4)
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335 \end{verbatim}
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337 If no blocks match, this returns \code{(\var{alo}, \var{blo}, 0)}.
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349 % Explain why a dummy is used!
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351 \begin{verbatim}
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381 \end{tableii}
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383 For example:
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385 \begin{verbatim}
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388 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, a, b)
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389 >>> for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in s.get_opcodes():
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392 delete a[0:1] (q) b[0:0] ()
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397 \end{verbatim}
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398 \end{methoddesc}
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400 \begin{methoddesc}{ratio}{}
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402 range [0, 1].
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409 This is expensive to compute if \method{get_matching_blocks()} or
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412 \method{real_quick_ratio()} first to get an upper bound.
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413 \end{methoddesc}
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415 \begin{methoddesc}{quick_ratio}{}
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416 Return an upper bound on \method{ratio()} relatively quickly.
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419 \method{ratio()}, and is faster to compute.
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420 \end{methoddesc}
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422 \begin{methoddesc}{real_quick_ratio}{}
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423 Return an upper bound on \method{ratio()} very quickly.
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425 This isn't defined beyond that it is an upper bound on
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426 \method{ratio()}, and is faster to compute than either
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427 \method{ratio()} or \method{quick_ratio()}.
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428 \end{methoddesc}
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433 at least as large as \method{ratio()}:
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435 \begin{verbatim}
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436 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, "abcd", "bcde")
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437 >>> s.ratio()
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438 0.75
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439 >>> s.quick_ratio()
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440 0.75
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441 >>> s.real_quick_ratio()
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442 1.0
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443 \end{verbatim}
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446 \subsection{SequenceMatcher Examples \label{sequencematcher-examples}}
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449 This example compares two strings, considering blanks to be ``junk:''
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451 \begin{verbatim}
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452 >>> s = SequenceMatcher(lambda x: x == " ",
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453 ... "private Thread currentThread;",
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454 ... "private volatile Thread currentThread;")
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457 \method{ratio()} returns a float in [0, 1], measuring the similarity
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461 \begin{verbatim}
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462 >>> print round(s.ratio(), 3)
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463 0.866
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464 \end{verbatim}
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466 If you're only interested in where the sequences match,
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467 \method{get_matching_blocks()} is handy:
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469 \begin{verbatim}
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470 >>> for block in s.get_matching_blocks():
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471 ... print "a[%d] and b[%d] match for %d elements" % block
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473 a[8] and b[17] match for 6 elements
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474 a[14] and b[23] match for 15 elements
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475 a[29] and b[38] match for 0 elements
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476 \end{verbatim}
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478 Note that the last tuple returned by \method{get_matching_blocks()} is
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480 the only case in which the last tuple element (number of elements
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481 matched) is \code{0}.
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483 If you want to know how to change the first sequence into the second,
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484 use \method{get_opcodes()}:
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486 \begin{verbatim}
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487 >>> for opcode in s.get_opcodes():
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492 equal a[14:29] b[23:38]
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493 \end{verbatim}
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500 \subsection{Differ Objects \label{differ-objects}}
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505 accidental matches 100 pages apart. Restricting synch points to
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506 contiguous matches preserves some notion of locality, at the
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507 occasional cost of producing a longer diff.
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511 \begin{classdesc}{Differ}{\optional{linejunk\optional{, charjunk}}}
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512 Optional keyword parameters \var{linejunk} and \var{charjunk} are
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523 \end{classdesc}
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532 Each sequence must contain individual single-line strings ending
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540 \subsection{Differ Example \label{differ-examples}}
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541
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542 This example compares two texts. First we set up the texts, sequences
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543 of individual single-line strings ending with newlines (such sequences
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544 can also be obtained from the \method{readlines()} method of file-like
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545 objects):
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546
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547 \begin{verbatim}
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548 >>> text1 = ''' 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.
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549 ... 2. Explicit is better than implicit.
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550 ... 3. Simple is better than complex.
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551 ... 4. Complex is better than complicated.
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552 ... '''.splitlines(1)
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553 >>> len(text1)
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554 4
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555 >>> text1[0][-1]
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556 '\n'
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557 >>> text2 = ''' 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.
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558 ... 3. Simple is better than complex.
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559 ... 4. Complicated is better than complex.
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560 ... 5. Flat is better than nested.
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561 ... '''.splitlines(1)
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562 \end{verbatim}
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563
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564 Next we instantiate a Differ object:
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565
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566 \begin{verbatim}
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567 >>> d = Differ()
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568 \end{verbatim}
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569
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570 Note that when instantiating a \class{Differ} object we may pass
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571 functions to filter out line and character ``junk.'' See the
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572 \method{Differ()} constructor for details.
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573
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574 Finally, we compare the two:
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575
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576 \begin{verbatim}
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577 >>> result = list(d.compare(text1, text2))
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578 \end{verbatim}
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579
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580 \code{result} is a list of strings, so let's pretty-print it:
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581
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582 \begin{verbatim}
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583 >>> from pprint import pprint
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584 >>> pprint(result)
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585 [' 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.\n',
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586 '- 2. Explicit is better than implicit.\n',
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587 '- 3. Simple is better than complex.\n',
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588 '+ 3. Simple is better than complex.\n',
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589 '? ++ \n',
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590 '- 4. Complex is better than complicated.\n',
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591 '? ^ ---- ^ \n',
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592 '+ 4. Complicated is better than complex.\n',
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593 '? ++++ ^ ^ \n',
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594 '+ 5. Flat is better than nested.\n']
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595 \end{verbatim}
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596
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597 As a single multi-line string it looks like this:
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598
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599 \begin{verbatim}
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600 >>> import sys
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601 >>> sys.stdout.writelines(result)
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602 1. Beautiful is better than ugly.
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603 - 2. Explicit is better than implicit.
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604 - 3. Simple is better than complex.
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605 + 3. Simple is better than complex.
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606 ? ++
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607 - 4. Complex is better than complicated.
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608 ? ^ ---- ^
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609 + 4. Complicated is better than complex.
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610 ? ++++ ^ ^
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611 + 5. Flat is better than nested.
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612 \end{verbatim}