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GroupDocs.Comparison for Python via .NET populates an internal change list during the comparison. After calling compare(), retrieve the changes via get_changes().
from groupdocs.comparison import Comparer
def get_list_of_changes():
with Comparer("./source.docx") as comparer:
comparer.add("./target.docx")
comparer.compare()
for change in comparer.get_changes():
print(f"Type: {change.type}, Page: {change.page_info.page_number}, Id: {change.id}, Text: {change.text}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
get_list_of_changes()
source.docx is the source file used in this example. Click here to download it.
target.docx is the target file used in this example. Click here to download it.
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 0, Text: Cool
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 1, Text:
Type: 3, Page: 1, Id: 2, Text: test
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 3, Text: signatures
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 4, Text: Our
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 5, Text: char[
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 6, Text: 255]
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 7, Text:
Type: 3, Page: 1, Id: 8, Text:
Use case: build a custom report UI listing every difference with pagination info.
from groupdocs.comparison import Comparer
def get_list_of_changes_stream():
with open("./source.docx", "rb") as source_stream, \
open("./target.docx", "rb") as target_stream:
with Comparer(source_stream) as comparer:
comparer.add(target_stream)
comparer.compare()
for change in comparer.get_changes():
print(f"Type: {change.type}, Page: {change.page_info.page_number}, Id: {change.id}, Text: {change.text}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
get_list_of_changes_stream()
source.docx is the source file used in this example. Click here to download it.
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 0, Text: Cool
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 1, Text:
Type: 3, Page: 1, Id: 2, Text: test
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 3, Text: signatures
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 4, Text: Our
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 5, Text: char[
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 6, Text: 255]
Type: 2, Page: 1, Id: 7, Text:
Type: 3, Page: 1, Id: 8, Text:
Use case: integrate diff extraction into services that operate on file streams.
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