[Jprogramming] comparing 2 scripts

[David Mitchell]

I have used these 2 methods on Windows and J6.

0:
Assume f1 and f2 contain the full file path to two J scripts.

1:

load'compare'
load'files'
(fread fn1) compare_jcompare_ (fread fn2)

2:

load'task'
shell 'diff ',f1,' ',f2

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David Mitchell

On 11/20/2011 8:09, Ian Clark wrote:
> Has anyone written a verb to compare two scripts? (Just to save me
> writing one...)
>
> Two literal nouns with LF-separated lines will do. Changed / deleted /
> inserted lines.
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