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DiffCompareFiles

Type​

function

Summary​

Produce a diff representing the changes between two text files

Syntax​

DiffCompareFiles(<pFrom>,<pTo>,<pContext>)

Description​

Compare two files, producing a string representing the changes between them in unified-diff format.

Parameters​

NameTypeDescription

pFrom

The original source file. The produced diff will describe how to transform the contents of this file.

pTo

The updated source file. This will be compared to pFrom to produce the output diff.

pContext

The number of unchanged lines to include before / after each change in the diff.

Examples​

Value​

NameTypeDescription

return

A string representing the changes between pFrom and pTo in unified diff format.