gistfile1.txt

require 'rubygems'
require 'differ'

original = "Epic lolcat fail bellmead drive!"
current  = "Epic wolfman fail bellmead dr!"

diff = Differ.diff_by_word(current, original).to_s
# => "Epic {"lolcat" >> "wolfman"} fail bellmead {"drive" >> "dr"}!

original = "Same Same diff Same Same diff Same Same diff"
current  = "Same Same wooo Same Same wooo Same Same wooo"
# => "Same Same {"diff" >> "wooo"} Same Same {"diff" >> "wooo"} Same Same {"diff" >> "wooo"}"

=begin

I won't know how many diffs the strings will have until I run the script. I need to parse how ever many matches I have out of the result string. Each match is in the format: {"diff" >> "wooo"}. I need to write a regexp, split or combo that allows me to put each match into a key,value hash.


=end