Function similar::utils::diff_chars

pub fn diff_chars<'x, T: DiffableStrRef + ?Sized>(
    alg: Algorithm,
    old: &'x T,
    new: &'x T,
) -> Vec<(ChangeTag, &'x T::Output)>

Shortcut for making a character level diff.

This function produces the diff of two strings and returns a vector with the changes. It returns connected slices into the original string rather than character level slices.

use similar::{Algorithm, ChangeTag};
use similar::utils::diff_chars;

assert_eq!(diff_chars(Algorithm::Myers, "foobarbaz", "fooBARbaz"), vec![
    (ChangeTag::Equal, "foo"),
    (ChangeTag::Delete, "bar"),
    (ChangeTag::Insert, "BAR"),
    (ChangeTag::Equal, "baz"),
]);