Noah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > I need to a nice, sophisticate way to compare lines between > two files.
Is the order of the lines relevant (i.e. source code, etc.)? > I know that sorting can help in comparison process but still > one file might have additional lines between the lines that > are comparable - therefore throwing the diff process off. > > Somebody suggested placing each line of the files in its own > hash key and then when the key matches the line of the second > file a match is known. > > What is the best approach? http://search.cpan.org/~tyemq/Algorithm-Diff-1.1902/lib/Algorithm/Diff.pm "Compute `intelligent' differences between two files / lists" HTH, Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/