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JavaScript diff two strings
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const str0 = "01234567"; | |
const str1 = "01234567"; // same | |
const str2 = "012abc34567"; // inserted | |
const str3 = "012abc7" // replaced and decreased | |
const str4 = "012abcdefg67" // replaced and increased | |
const str5 = "012abc67" // resplaced | |
const str6 = "kk"; // all replaced | |
const str7 = "012367"; // middle removed | |
const str8 = "01234567890" // appended | |
const str9 = "8901234567" // prepended | |
const str10 = "1234567" // front removed | |
const str11 = "0123456" // rear removed | |
const str12 = "01231234567"; // same string appeared | |
const str13 = ""; // empty | |
const diff = (before, after) => { | |
let start = -1; | |
let end; | |
for (let i = 0; i < after.length; i++) { | |
if (after[i] !== before[i]) { | |
break; | |
} | |
start = i; | |
} | |
before = before.substring(start + 1); | |
after = after.substring(start + 1); | |
const beforeLength = before.length; | |
const afterLength = after.length; | |
end = afterLength; | |
for (let i = 1; i <= afterLength; i++) { | |
if (after[afterLength - i] !== before[beforeLength - i]) { | |
break; | |
} | |
end = afterLength - i; | |
} | |
return [start, end + start + 1]; | |
}; | |
const deepEqual = (arr1, arr2) => arr1.every((el, i) => el === arr2[i]); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str1), [7, 8])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str2), [2, 6])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str3), [2, 6])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str4), [2, 10])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str5), [2, 6])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str6), [-1, 2])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str7), [3, 4])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str8), [7, 11])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str9), [-1, 2])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str10), [-1, 0])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str11), [6, 7])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str12), [3, 7])); | |
console.assert(deepEqual(diff(str0, str13), [-1, 0])); |
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