Question 1

How does the text comparison work?

Accepted Answer

The comparison algorithm analyzes both texts line by line, identifying lines that are unchanged, added, or removed. It highlights these differences using color coding: red for removed text, green for added text, and unchanged text remains in the default color.

Question 2

What does 'Ignore case' do?

Accepted Answer

When 'Ignore case' is enabled, the comparison treats uppercase and lowercase letters as the same. For example, 'Hello' and 'hello' would be considered identical. This is useful when you only care about the content, not the capitalization.

Question 3

What does 'Ignore whitespace' do?

Accepted Answer

When 'Ignore whitespace' is enabled, the comparison ignores differences in spaces, tabs, and line breaks. Multiple spaces are treated as a single space, and leading/trailing whitespace is ignored. This is useful when comparing text with different formatting but the same content.

Question 4

Can I compare code with this tool?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can compare code snippets, but be aware that this is a basic text comparison tool. For more advanced code diff features like syntax highlighting or structural comparison, specialized code diff tools might be more appropriate.

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