Questions tagged [string-comparison]
string-comparison is the action of comparing strings, resulting in a boolean or an integer indicating the "distance" between the strings.
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How to map table references in a JSON file to corresponding values in an Excel file using Python?
I have an Excel file containing a list of requirements in 1 column and a JSON file that stores table values. The requirements in the Excel file include references to tables in the JSON file, formatted ...
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Compare two strings containing html tags with same attributes but different orders using C#
I'd like to compare between two strings having html tags in different orders.
Example:
string str1="""<p><strong style="font-size: 36px; color: rgb(153, 51, 255);">...
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How to figure out what string was inserted somewhere into a known other string?
I’m looking for the most straighforward way to figure out which string was inserted somewhere into a known other string.
Here’s what I have to work with:
I have an existing variable representing a ...
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How to fold/normalize ligature characters in C# for string comparisons
I am exploring some of the more esoteric aspects of string comparisons at the moment (I went down a bit of a rabbit hole and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight!).
I'd like to know how to compare ...
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How do I compare two UTF-8 strings ignoring case in Zig language?
I have two strings. Assume the following:
const a = "Zig";
const b = "zig";
I want the comparison to be case - insensitive and characters will be any UTF-8 character.
When I run ...
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No difference between CurrentCulture and CurrentCultureIgnoreCase, why?
I am trying to sort a sequence of letters using the Order LINQ operator, and I am not getting the expected result. I was expecting that passing the StringComparer.CurrentCulture would produce a ...
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compare numbers in range again another number
I have not programed with delphi in MANY year. In fact I am using Delphi 2010. Anyway, I have tried to find an answer online but just can't seem to find an answer. Basically I have two values 1.)...
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Kotlin: how to check in functional style that char difference of two same length strings is exactly one char?
I have drafted a function in Kotlin that works good enough for me.
fun diff(l: String, r: String): Int {
var diff = 0
for (i in 0 until l.length) {
if (l[i] != r[i]) diff++
if (diff > 1)...
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Why my string comparison isn't working in bash?
I've a script that does something like this:
set -x
myJson="echo '{\"data\":\"true\"}'"
commandOutput=$(eval $myJson | jq '.data')
echo $commandOutput
while :
do
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In C#, how to compare 2 strings, 1 of string had '*' / wildcard
How to compare two strings, one of which contains wildcard symbols?
Like this:
string string1 = "/api/mymember/get";
# * is any text
string string2 = "/api/*/get";
I'd like a way ...
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string.Equals evaluates to false
I have two strings:
lp.Name
A string returned from a backend server database contained in the class LocalPlayer:
public class LocalPlayer
{
public string Name;
}
playerName
A local string ...
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Filter out values that are equal on the same row?
I've just run
Get-DbaDbQueryStoreOption -SqlInstance <MySQLServer> |
Where ActualState -ne DesiredState |
Select Database, ActualState, DesiredState
My intention was to get all rows from Get-...
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How to compare l and ł (Polish character) in c# to return true
I am trying to compare the following two characters l and ł and get c# to return true
i.e. I have the word Przesyłka and would like to do a string comparison to Przesylka
I have tried the following ...
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Comparing 2 text files while actively looking for changes
I need my program to compare a main file with a reference file which is just a copy of the original one. The program actively looks for changes to the main file by comparing it to the comparison file ...
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String comparison gives strange results [duplicate]
Why after concatination result changed?
b = "test"+str(1)
a = "test"+str(1)
print(a is b) # False
b2 = "test"+"1"
a2 = "test"+"1"
print(a2 ...
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