Steven D'Aprano wrote: <snip>
> > >>> s = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, "HIDEDCT1", "HIDESCT1") > >>> t = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, "HIDEDST1", "HIDESCT1") > >>> > >>> for block in s.get_matching_blocks(): > ... print "a[%d] and b[%d] match for %d elements" % block > ... > a[0] and b[0] match for 4 elements > a[5] and b[5] match for 3 elements > a[8] and b[8] match for 0 elements > >>> > >>> for block in t.get_matching_blocks(): > ... print "a[%d] and b[%d] match for %d elements" % block > ... > a[0] and b[0] match for 4 elements > a[5] and b[4] match for 1 elements > a[6] and b[6] match for 2 elements > a[8] and b[8] match for 0 elements > >>> > > I think what you are seeing is an artifact of the precise details of the > pattern matcher. Feel free to subclass the SequenceMatcher or Differ > classes to get the results you expect :-) > Looks like for this particular case, looking at number of matched groups worked better. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
