diff

Text/line/word diffing

Use diff to compare text by line, word, or character and render the result as plain text, HTML, JSON, or unified diff text.

import "osl/diff"

API reference

diff

Method	Returns	Description
diff.compareLines(oldLines: array, newLines: array)	DiffResult	Runs the compare lines operation.
diff.compareWords(oldText: string, newText: string)	DiffResult	Runs the compare words operation.
diff.tokenize(text: string)	array	Runs the tokenize operation.
diff.text(oldStr: string, newStr: string)	DiffResult	Runs the text operation.
diff.words(oldStr: string, newStr: string)	DiffResult	Runs the words operation.
diff.chars(oldStr: string, newStr: string)	DiffResult	Runs the chars operation.
diff.unified(result: DiffResult)	string	Runs the unified operation.
diff.html(result: DiffResult)	string	Runs the html operation.
diff.json(result: DiffResult)	string	Runs the json operation.

Notes

• Standard-library imports accept both import "osl/diff" and import "diff".

• Return values such as array and object are regular OSL values unless a returned object section says otherwise.