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.IX Title "Array::Diff 3pm"
.TH Array::Diff 3pm "2010-10-08" "perl v5.10.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Array::Diff \- Find the differences between two arrays
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\&    my @old = ( \*(Aqa\*(Aq, \*(Aqb\*(Aq, \*(Aqc\*(Aq );
\&    my @new = ( \*(Aqb\*(Aq, \*(Aqc\*(Aq, \*(Aqd\*(Aq );
\&    
\&    my $diff = Array::Diff\->diff( \e@old, \e@new );
\&    
\&    $diff\->count   # 2
\&    $diff\->added   # [ \*(Aqd\*(Aq ];
\&    $diff\->deleted # [ \*(Aqa\*(Aq ];
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This module compares two arrays and returns the added or deleted elements
in two separate arrays.  It's a simple wrapper around Algorithm::Diff.
.PP
And if you need more complex array tools, check Array::Compare.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.IP "new ()" 4
.IX Item "new ()"
Create a new \f(CW\*(C`Array::Diff\*(C'\fR object.
.IP "diff ( \s-1OLD\s0, \s-1NEW\s0 )" 4
.IX Item "diff ( OLD, NEW )"
Compute the differences between two arrays.  The results are stored
in the \f(CW\*(C`added\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`deleted\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`count\*(C'\fR properties that may be
examined using the corresponding methods.
.Sp
This method may be invoked as an object method, in which case it will
recalculate the differences and repopulate the \f(CW\*(C`count\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`added\*(C'\fR, and
\&\f(CW\*(C`removed\*(C'\fR properties, or as a static method, in which case it will
return a newly-created \f(CW\*(C`Array::Diff\*(C'\fR object with the properies
set appropriately.
.IP "added ( [\s-1VALUES\s0 ] )" 4
.IX Item "added ( [VALUES ] )"
Get or set the elements present in the \f(CW\*(C`NEW\*(C'\fR array and absent in
the \f(CW\*(C`OLD\*(C'\fR one at the comparison performed by the last \f(CW\*(C`diff()\*(C'\fR
invocation.
.IP "deleted ( [\s-1VALUES\s0] )" 4
.IX Item "deleted ( [VALUES] )"
Get or set the elements present in the \f(CW\*(C`OLD\*(C'\fR array and absent in
the \f(CW\*(C`NEW\*(C'\fR one at the comparison performed by the last \f(CW\*(C`diff()\*(C'\fR
invocation.
.IP "count ( [\s-1VALUE\s0] )" 4
.IX Item "count ( [VALUE] )"
Get or set the total number of added or deleted elements at
the comparison performed by the last \f(CW\*(C`diff()\*(C'\fR invocation.
This count should be equal to the sum of the number of elements in
the \f(CW\*(C`added\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`deleted\*(C'\fR properties.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Algorithm::Diff
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Daisuke Murase <typester@cpan.org>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright (c) 2009 by Daisuke Murase.
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.PP
The full text of the license can be found in the
\&\s-1LICENSE\s0 file included with this module.