IHierarchicalStringDifferenceService.DiffStrings Method

Calculates the differences between two strings, using the given difference options.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function DiffStrings ( _
    left As String, _
    right As String, _
    differenceOptions As StringDifferenceOptions _
) As IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection

IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection DiffStrings(
    string left,
    string right,
    StringDifferenceOptions differenceOptions
)

IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection^ DiffStrings(
    String^ left, 
    String^ right, 
    StringDifferenceOptions differenceOptions
)

abstract DiffStrings : 
        left:string * 
        right:string * 
        differenceOptions:StringDifferenceOptions -> IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection

function DiffStrings(
    left : String, 
    right : String, 
    differenceOptions : StringDifferenceOptions
) : IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection

Parameters

• left
  Type: String

  The left string. In most cases this is the the "old" string.

• right
  Type: String

  The right string. In most cases this is the "new" string.

• differenceOptions
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing.StringDifferenceOptions

  The options to use in differencing

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing.IHierarchicalDifferenceCollection
A hierarchical collection of differences.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

IHierarchicalStringDifferenceService Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing Namespace