Differ Class Reference

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	compare

Data Fields
	linejunk
	charjunk

Detailed Description

Definition at line 638 of file difflib.py.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def __init__	(		self,
			linejunk = None,
			charjunk = None
	)

Construct a text differencer, with optional filters.

The two optional keyword parameters are for filter functions:

- `linejunk`: A function that should accept a single string argument,
  and return true iff the string is junk. The module-level function
  `IS_LINE_JUNK` may be used to filter out lines without visible
  characters, except for at most one splat ('#').

- `charjunk`: A function that should accept a string of length 1. The
  module-level function `IS_CHARACTER_JUNK` may be used to filter out
  whitespace characters (a blank or tab; **note**: bad idea to include
  newline in this!).

Definition at line 732 of file difflib.py.

    def __init__(self, linejunk=None, charjunk=None):
        """
        Construct a text differencer, with optional filters.

        The two optional keyword parameters are for filter functions:

        - `linejunk`: A function that should accept a single string argument,
          and return true iff the string is junk. The module-level function
          `IS_LINE_JUNK` may be used to filter out lines without visible
          characters, except for at most one splat ('#').

        - `charjunk`: A function that should accept a string of length 1. The
          module-level function `IS_CHARACTER_JUNK` may be used to filter out
          whitespace characters (a blank or tab; **note**: bad idea to include
          newline in this!).
        """

        self.linejunk = linejunk
        self.charjunk = charjunk