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Priyanka
Priyanka

Reputation: 107

How to set up google-diff-match-patch C# library

So I am a newbie and I couldn't find a proper answer to this on the internet. After digging a little bit here is what I came up with.

Upvotes: -1

Views: 2285

Answers (2)

Aditya Sharma
Aditya Sharma

Reputation: 11

Alternatively, add the Nuget Package DiffMatchPatch and add it to your project.

A Demo Code is as follows :

using System;
using System.IO;
using DiffMatchPatch;

namespace ConsoleApp_DMPTrial
{
     class Program
        {
            static void Main(string[] args)
            {
                var dmp = DiffMatchPatchModule.Default;

                string file1Content = "";
                string file2Content = "";

                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("file1.json"))
                {
                    file1Content = sr.ReadToEnd();
                }

                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("file2.json"))
                {
                    file2Content = sr.ReadToEnd();
                }

                var diffs = dmp.DiffMain(file1Content, file2Content);

                dmp.DiffCleanupSemantic(diffs);

                for (int i = 0; i < diffs.Count; i++)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(diffs[i]);
                }

                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
}

Upvotes: 1

Priyanka
Priyanka

Reputation: 107

Download google-diff-match-patch from here

One you have extracted it, open up your microsoft visual studio project

Go to View->Solution Explorer or press Ctrl+Alt+L

In solution Explorer right click on your project name and go to Add->Existing Item... or press Shift+Alt+A

In the dialog box that appears locate your diff-match-patch folder and go in csharp directory and select DiffMatchPatch.cs and click on Add

Then in solution explorer right click on References->Add Reference...

Search for System.Web and add it.

Now come back to your program (in my case Form1.cs) and type 

using DiffMatchPatch;

Now you are ready to use all the functions of the diff-match-patch library in your C# program

Upvotes: 2

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