String/ShowDiff version 0.03
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NAME
String::ShowDiff - Perl extension to help visualize differences between strings
SYNOPSIS
use String::ShowDiff qw/ansi_colored_diff/;
print ansi_colored_diff("abcehjlmnp", "bcdefjklmrst");
# or a bit more detailed:
my %options = ('u' => 'reset',
'+' => 'on_green',
'-' => 'on_red');
print ansi_colored_diff($oldstring, $newstring, \%options);
# of course, you can also set the what context shall be shown
DESCRIPTION
This module is a wrapper around the diff algorithm from the module
Algorithm::Diff. It's job is to simplify a visualization of the differences of each strings.
Compared to the many other Diff modules,
the output is neither in diff-style nor are the recognised differences on line or word boundaries,
they are at character level.
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
DEPENDENCIES
This module requires these other modules and libraries:
Algorithm::Diff
Term::ANSIColor
Test::More
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Put the correct copyright and licence information here.
Copyright (C) 2003 Janek Schleicher
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
