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Hi,

Thanks for your reply

I am in Windows 7 and Activestate perl 5.10

I am working in Arbortext Advanced print Publisher (3B2) software for Typesetting, this software supports perl, I want to include a perl script in this software for my requirement

Thanks a lot

srikrishnan

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Re^3: XML Compare and exact differences need to be listed out
by wjw (Priest) on Sep 30, 2013 at 10:01 UTC
    Ok, that is a start. We know ActiveState and Win7.

    From your original post, your requirements are:

    • Output is to be a 3rd file containing the differences between original XML and corrected XML
    • Your changes may be as small as the spelling of a single word.
    What other differences would you want to capture?
    • Will a line by line compare work for you?
    • Do you expect larger changes, such as reordering of lines, replacement of lines/sections of the XML?
    • What do you expect the resultant file to look like? (line_number, orig_line, mod_line, change_txt...
    • I guess that leads to the question, what are you going to do with the output you generate? How will you use it?
    I see from some of your previous postings that you do know some Perl.

    You really do need to provide more info when you ask questions though.

    See How do I post a question effectively?.

    It will help others to help you more effectively. Best of luck ...

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      Hi

      Thanks for your further mail

      I just want line number, column number and the words

      If I get the above details, I will highlight the exact words in my PDF output through my Typesetting software

      I just want to highlight simple word deletions, insertions and modification details

      Thanks

      srikrishnan

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        Thanks! That helps.

        In this case, I think that you will find the following module on CPAN might meet your needs - > Text::Diff

        From the Mod Description: diff() provides a basic set of services akin to the GNU diff utility. It is not anywhere near as feature complete as GNU diff, but it is better integrated with Perl and available on all platforms. It is often faster than shelling out to a system's diff executable for small files, and generally slower on larger files. Relies on Algorithm::Diff for, well, the algorithm. This may not produce the same exact diff as a system's local diff executable, but it will be a valid diff and comprehensible by patch. We haven't seen any differences between Algorithm::Diff's logic and GNU diff's, but we have not examined them to make sure they are indeed identical.

        I have no personal experience with this, but it looks like what you are describing that you want, and I suspect that it will get you pretty close to your requirements...

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