Decimal places

[RobC]

I use BC to compare xml files which include calculated numbers

Is there a way to flag as unimportant where two numbers only differ after n decimal places ie if n = 3 then

<Numb>123.45678</Numb> and <123.45681</Numb> would be flagged as unimportant
<Numb>123.45678</Numb> and <Numb>123.46578</Numb> would be flagged as important

Any ideas gratefully received

[Chris]

Beyond Compare doesn't support numerical tolerances in the text compare.

You can define part of the text as unimportant to ignore the differences. You could define a grammar that matches on 3 decimal characters followed by </Numb>, then mark it as unimportant. Instructions to mark text unimportant in BC3 is available at the following link: http://www.scootersoftware.com/suppo..._unimportantv3