Turn a Parsnip into a Turnip with Edit Distance Algorithms
Edit distance algorithms tell you how different two strings are from each other. That lets you see the differences between different versions of a string or file, or add differencing tools to your applications.
by Rod Stephens
December 10, 2009
f you do as much writing as I do, then you’re probably familiar with Microsoft Word’s tracking features. They let you easily see what’s changed in different versions of a Word file.
But what if you want to see what’s changed in a plain text file? What if you want to compare different versions of data files? What if your project no longer passes its unit tests and you want to see what changed in the source code files during in the last week?
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f you do as much writing as I do, then you’re probably familiar with Microsoft Word’s tracking features. They let you easily see what’s changed in different versions of a Word file.
