I thought about diff, but can I use that without NSTask, etc which aren't available on iOS?
Also came across this: https://github.com/inquisitiveSoft/DiffMatchPatch-ObjC, which could be useful. Thanks for your imput, - Koen. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:03 AM, ChanMaxthon <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you can embed code from BSD diff in your program. That is plain C > and you just need to call it using your Objective-C code. > > Alternatively you can look into the implementation of BSD diff or GNU > diffutils and rewrite it using Objective-C or Swift for your project. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Aug 13, 2014, at 20:34, Koen van der Drift <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Is there any way to use a diff tool in an iOS app? My app at one point > > needs to find the difference between two large text files, and using diff > > or something similar may be a possible solution. Both files are > downloaded > > as NSData objects from an external source, and right now I have converted > > them to NSString objects. But they can be in any format, as long as I can > > find a way which lines have changed. > > > > Thanks, > > > > - Koen. > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/xcvista%40me.com > > > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
