SPDiffUtility.Diff Method

Determines the text differences between two strings.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Diff ( _
    str1 As String, _
    str2 As String, _
    maxDifferences As Integer _
) As String
'Usage
Dim str1 As String
Dim str2 As String
Dim maxDifferences As Integer
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = SPDiffUtility.Diff(str1, str2, _
    maxDifferences)

public static string Diff(
    string str1,
    string str2,
    int maxDifferences
)

Parameters

• str1
  Type: System.String

  The original string.

• str2
  Type: System.String

  The changed string.

• maxDifferences
  Type: System.Int32

  A 32-bit integer representing the maximum number of differences to find.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A merged version of the specified strings that contain HTML tags indicating inserted, deleted, or changed text.

See Also

Reference

SPDiffUtility Class

SPDiffUtility Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities Namespace