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Suppose I have two text files.

The first one, called reference.txt has the following content:

dog goat cat

The second one, called compare.txt has the following content:

cow goat cockroach

I want to compare each character in the 1st and 2nd text files and ignore the whitespace. I've been working it for weeks!

Hope anyone can help me out please. Just give an idea, sure it will be enough for me

Thanks

elitalon
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lesta
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    i think i have make it into a string, okey i just show u the code : I have compare it with sha1_file() but it's too sensitive. i just want to compare the characters only. urrh. – lesta Mar 21 '11 at 06:26
  • @lesta You should add the sample code as an update to your question – elitalon Nov 25 '11 at 10:05

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If you are just thinking about doing comparison ignoring white spaces. Here is the general steps:

  1. Read content of first file into a

  2. Read content of second file into a string

  3. Eliminate all white spaces from both the strings( how? left for figuring out)

  4. Do your comparison.

No code provided since you mentioned that you would like to try on your own.

Shamim Hafiz - MSFT
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