Owen, I got it to work using your script and the list compare module
I figured that I had to copy the files to a certain directory . The directions cspan gave were wrong for windows thanks one question what does this mean? ##### my $comparison = List::Compare->new(\...@atlas, \...@isis); print $comparison->get_symmetric_difference; ( the words from $comparsion on ward) ####### and are these certain modules use warning use strict ##### Marc On Feb 18, 8:33 pm, chas.ow...@gmail.com (Chas. Owens) wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 19:59, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <nore...@gunnar.cc> wrote: > > Chas. Owens wrote: > snip > >> This is not the best way to go about solving this problem (use diff or a > >> module like Text::Diff*), > > > If we are going to suggest a module, List::Compare would be more to the > > point IMO. > > snip > > No, the lines should not make it out of the files into arrays in the > first case. Reading whole files into arrays is one of the reasons > this code is bad. > > snip>> It is important to note that this algorithm only works if you care > about > >> unique lines. If you need to know that file1 has 5 lines of "foo" and file2 > >> has 4 lines of "foo", this code will not tell you that. > > > Since the files contain file names from directory listings, that cannot be > > applicable to the problem at hand. > > snip > > Yes, but it is an important thing to note lest you try to use it for > something else later. > > -- > Chas. Owens > wonkden.net > The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
