Load text from string

GroupDocs.Comparison allows to compare values from variables of string type. The following are the steps to compare text from variables:

• Instantiate LoadOptions object and set LoadText property to true (this indicates that passed string contains text to be compared, not file path);
• Instantiate Comparer object with source variable of string type and LoadOptions object created at previous step;
• Call Add method and specify target variable of string type and LoadOptions object created at previous step;
• Call Comparer method.
• Call GetResultString method to get string with comparison result.

The following code snippet shows how to load values from variables:

using (Comparer compare = new Comparer("source text", new LoadOptions() { LoadText = true }))
{
    compare.Add("target text", new LoadOptions() { LoadText = true });
    compare.Compare();
    string result = compare.GetResultString();
}

Can also be combined with different ways of passing documents (be it file path or stream), as shown in the following code example:

using (Stream sourceStream = File.OpenRead("./source.docx"))
{
    using (Comparer compare = new Comparer(sourceStream))
    {
        compare.Add("target text", new LoadOptions() { LoadText = true });
        compare.Compare();
        string result = compare.GetResultString();
        Console.WriteLine(result);
    }
}

More resources

GitHub Examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

• GroupDocs.Comparison for .NET examples, plugins, and showcase
• GroupDocs.Comparison for Java examples, plugins, and showcase
• Document Comparison for .NET MVC UI Example
• Document Comparison for .NET App WebForms UI Modern Example
• Document Comparison for Java App Dropwizard UI Modern Example
• Document Comparison for Java Spring UI Example

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