arraydiff

Diff two arrays, finding inserts, removes, and moves.

Installation

npm install arraydiff

Usage

var arrayDiff = require('arraydiff');

var before = [0, 1, 2, 3];
var after = ['1', '2', 4, 5, 0];

// Compares with `===` by default
var diff = arrayDiff(before, after);
console.log('\nStandard diff:');
for (var i = 0; i < diff.length; i++) {
  var item = diff[i];
  console.log(item.type, item);
}

// A custom equality method is optional
var diff = arrayDiff(before, after, function(a, b) {
  return a == b;
});
console.log('\nFuzzy equality diff:');
for (var i = 0; i < diff.length; i++) {
  var item = diff[i];
  console.log(item.type, item);
}

Output:

Standard diff:
remove { index: 1, howMany: 3 }
insert { index: 0, values: [ '1', '2', 4, 5 ] }

Fuzzy equality diff:
remove { index: 3, howMany: 1 }
move { from: 1, to: 0, howMany: 2 }
insert { index: 2, values: [ 4, 5 ] }

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2013 by Nate Smith

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