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Created March 7, 2012 14:40
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An iterative diff
import diff
def diff_wordMode(text1, text2):
dmp = diff.diff_match_patch()
a = dmp.diff_linesToWords(text1, text2)
lineText1 = a[0]
lineText2 = a[1]
lineArray = a[2]
diffs = dmp.diff_main(lineText1, lineText2)
dmp.diff_charsToLines(diffs, lineArray)
dmp.diff_cleanupSemantic(diffs)
return (diffs)
file1 = open("ch46_fragment.txt")
file2 = open("chRU_fragment.txt")
text1 = file1.read()
text2 = file2.read()
#text1 = "This is an example\nAnd the second line"
#text2 = "This is a bad example\nAnd the second line"
#text1 = '\n'.join(text1.split())
#text2 = '\n'.join(text2.split())
a = diff_wordMode(text1, text2)
print a
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