Compare by content csv files
Posted: 2013-09-23, 13:18 UTC
I've been wondering. Would it be possible to enhance the "Compare by content" functionality to support tabular data, e.g. csv files?
What I want to do?
1. Compare using the same logic as currently defined
2. Compare line by line, but when showing differences, show differences cell by cell (using defined column separator)
3. Show the data in table so the not matching cell can easily be located
4. Define whether the table contains header (in that case show coordinates using the header value, column letter otherwise) and leading column (in that case show coordinates using the value, line number otherwise)
Additional enhancements (not necessary in the first version):
1. compare cell by cell, not line by line to avoid mismatches when e.g. quotes are used
Thanks
What I want to do?
1. Compare using the same logic as currently defined
2. Compare line by line, but when showing differences, show differences cell by cell (using defined column separator)
3. Show the data in table so the not matching cell can easily be located
4. Define whether the table contains header (in that case show coordinates using the header value, column letter otherwise) and leading column (in that case show coordinates using the value, line number otherwise)
Additional enhancements (not necessary in the first version):
1. compare cell by cell, not line by line to avoid mismatches when e.g. quotes are used
Thanks