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| Understanding the comparison</h3> |
| <p CLASS="Head">Comparing file1.txt and file2.txt resulted in the following |
| compare editor. The left side shows the contents of file1.txt and the right side |
| shows the contents of file2.txt. The lines connecting the left and right panes |
| indicate the differences between the files.</p> |
| <p CLASS="Head">If you need more room to look at the comparison you can double |
| click on the editor tab to maximize the editor. </p> |
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| Looking at the numbered changes let's work our way down the left side of the |
| difference editor.</p> |
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| <li> Starting with the top line (in the left pane) we can see that the difference |
| bar (in the area of the blue circle) indicates something is missing from the |
| very top of the left file. If we follow the difference band (see #1) to the |
| right file we can see that the it contains "This is line 1" .</li> |
| <li> The next line "This is line 2." is white indicating it matches |
| the right file.</li> |
| <li> Moving onto the next line (colored in the background color) we can see |
| that the left file and right file have different contents for this line (see |
| #2).</li> |
| <li> The next line (This is line 4) is once again in white, so we can skip it.</li> |
| <li> The next line exists in the left file but since it is in the background |
| color we follow its difference bar to the right (see #3) and notice that the |
| right file does not contain the line (see red circle).</li> |
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| <p CLASS="Head">Initially the compare editor might seem a bit daunting but if |
| you work down the left side and focus on the items marked as gray, and those |
| items missing from the left side, it turns out not to be as tricky as it first |
| seems. |
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