Comparing two strings and returning the differences.

[Rob Panosh]

Hello,

I am looking for a routine that would compare the following:

sTest1 = "This is a test"
sTest2 = "This is a long test"

and return the differences between the two:

long

Thanks,
Rob Panosh

[Cor]

Hi Rob,

You mean this

Dim stringLenghtDifference = sTest1.length - sTest2.length

Or do you mean something else?

Cor

"> I am looking for a routine that would compare the following:

sTest1 = "This is a test"
sTest2 = "This is a long test"

and return the differences between the two:

[Armin Zingler]

"Rob Panosh" <ro************************@asdsoftadfdware.com>
schrieb

I am looking for a routine that would compare the following:

sTest1 = "This is a test"
sTest2 = "This is a long test"

and return the differences between the two:

long

"This is test a test"
"This is a test a"

What is the difference between these? What I intend to say is that the logic
behind is not easy to implement. Maybe somebody else has got a link for you.

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[Crirus]

Check this out!
http://www.merriampark.com/ld.htm

I have no ideea if NET have implemented such algorithm

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"Rob Panosh" <ro************************@asdsoftadfdware.com> wrote in
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Hello,

I am looking for a routine that would compare the following:

sTest1 = "This is a test"
sTest2 = "This is a long test"

and return the differences between the two:

long

Thanks,
Rob Panosh

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Rob Panosh" <ro************************@asdsoftadfdware.com> scripsit:

I am looking for a routine that would compare the following:

sTest1 = "This is a test"
sTest2 = "This is a long test"

and return the differences between the two:

Something like the "WinDiff" tool does?

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

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[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Herfried,
Speaking of WinDiff.

I want a "nicer" WinDiff, something like the Diff out of Visual Source Safe,
that functions as an Add-In to VS.NET.

The C source to WinDiff can installed with VS.NET. I was playing with that a
couple months ago, it is very C. Which means that it is not easily ported to
C++, C#, much less VB.NET.

Just a thought
Jay

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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* "Rob Panosh" <ro************************@asdsoftadfdware.com> scripsit:

I am looking for a routine that would compare the following:

sTest1 = "This is a test"
sTest2 = "This is a long test"

and return the differences between the two:

Something like the "WinDiff" tool does?

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

<http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja********@email.msn.com> scripsit:

Speaking of WinDiff.

I want a "nicer" WinDiff, something like the Diff out of Visual Source Safe,
that functions as an Add-In to VS.NET.

Parts of WinDiff's GUI look as if they were taken from 16-bit Windows.

;-)

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
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[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Herfried,
I seem to remember that it was included with the Win 3.1 SDK (16-bit). I
don't remember when the source first showed up.

Jay

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* "Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja********@email.msn.com> scripsit:

Speaking of WinDiff.

I want a "nicer" WinDiff, something like the Diff out of Visual Source Safe, that functions as an Add-In to VS.NET.

Parts of WinDiff's GUI look as if they were taken from 16-bit Windows.

;-)

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

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[Rob Panosh]

yes ..., and like Visual Source Safe shows the differences between to files.

I want to be able to call a routine in my source so I can display the
differences.

Rob
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:bp*************@ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de...

* "Rob Panosh" <ro************************@asdsoftadfdware.com> scripsit:

I am looking for a routine that would compare the following:

sTest1 = "This is a test"
sTest2 = "This is a long test"

and return the differences between the two:

Something like the "WinDiff" tool does?

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

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[clr]

> yes ..., and like Visual Source Safe shows the differences between to
files.

When I use differences in Visual Source Safe, only the text lines that are
different are identified. Am I missing an option setting that will identify
the different content within a specific line?