ITextDifferencingService.DiffStrings Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data v17.12.215

Computes the differences between two strings, using the given difference options.

public:
 Microsoft::VisualStudio::Text::Differencing::IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection ^ DiffStrings(System::String ^ left, System::String ^ right, Microsoft::VisualStudio::Text::Differencing::StringDifferenceOptions differenceOptions);

public Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing.IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection DiffStrings (string left, string right, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing.StringDifferenceOptions differenceOptions);

abstract member DiffStrings : string * string * Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing.StringDifferenceOptions -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing.IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection

Public Function DiffStrings (left As String, right As String, differenceOptions As StringDifferenceOptions) As IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection

Parameters

left

String

The left string. In most cases this is the the "old" string.

right

String

The right string. In most cases this is the "new" string.

differenceOptions

StringDifferenceOptions

The options to use in differencing

Returns

IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection

A hierarchical collection of differences.