Compare - Advanced Options
Dialog Box Options
Fuzzy matching
Fuzzy matching enables ExamDiff Pro to intelligently align lines that
are similar but not identical. The options in this section control when
fuzzy matching is activated and how selective it is.
- Do not perform fuzzy matching
Selecting this option always disables fuzzy matching.
- Always perform fuzzy matching
Selecting this option always enables fuzzy matching. This option
is not recommended if you are comparing huge files, as it can potentially
greatly slow down comparison.
- Perform fuzzy matching only if both files are smaller than
Selecting this option enables fuzzy matching only if the files compared
are both smaller than the specified size (250KB by default).
- Matching method
Use this option to control how the matching of similar lines is performed.
The default is Characters, and it suitable for most uses. Choose Words
if your files have many distinguishable words.
- Line similarity
This option determines the percentage similarity that two lines must have
in order to be aligned if fuzzy matching is turned on. Keep in mind that if a
line has multiple potential matches within a diff block, the match will be
selected that maximizes the total similarity of all the fuzzy matches in the
block.
Selecting 100% similarity effectively disables fuzzy matching.
Selecting 0% similarity
bypasses ExamDiff Pro's comparison algorithm and triggers line-by-line comparison,
in which every line is matched to the line at the same position in the opposite file
(i.e. line 50 in the first file will match with line 50 in the second file, ignoring
their contents.) If fuzzy matching is only enabled for files below a size threshold
but line-by-line comparison is enabled, line-by-line comparison will take effect even
if the file size is larger than the set threshold.
Force text/binary comparison
- Automatically detect text/binary files
Allow ExamDiff Pro to determine whether the compared files are text
or binary.
- Always treat these files as text
Files matching any name filter in this comma-separated set will always
be treated as text files.
- Always treat these files as binary
Files matching any name filter in this comma-separated set will always
be treated as binary files, unless they also match one of the filters in the
Always treat these files as text set (text takes precedence over
binary).
- Treat all files as text
Compare all files as text and show the results in text format.
- Treat text files as binary
Compare all files as binary and show the results in HEX format.
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