API Reference
ed.get_diff(a, b)
Computes the difference between two lists of sentences.
Takes two lists of strings. For comparing only two sentences, use ed.get_sentence_diff(a, b) instead.
Python
old_sentences, changes, added_lines = ed.get_diff(a, b)
Parameters
a
list[str]
List of sentences in the elder revision.
b
list[str]
List of sentences in the newer revision.
Returns
old_sentences
list[str]
List of sentences of the elder revision.
changes
list[list[[int, str, str]]]
Change set between the elder and the newer revision.
added_lines
list[int]
List of indexes that need to add a new line.
ed.get_sentence_diff(a, b)
Computes the difference between two sentences (rather than two lists of sentences). For chunk-level computation, use ed.get_diff(a, b) instead.
Python
changes = ed.get_sentence_diff(a, b)
Parameters
a
str
The elder revision sentence.
b
str
The newer revision sentence.
Returns
changes
list[[int, str, str]]
Change set between the elder and the newer revision.
The first dimension is the changes in each sentence. Each change is a tuple of three elements: the index of the word, the word in the elder revision, and the word in the newer revision.
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