Hi
You will have to forgive me as I am a bit of an idiot as I can’t seem to do the simplest things sometimes !
I am trying to use your software to compare two text lists and subtract one from the other.
I managed to work out that if I used the “Show Same” view then delete the displayed lines that does work….a bit.
However what I am trying to do is simply remove the same words or lines that are on list A from list B.
Your program seems to only check for lines that are in a similar position and not search throughout the entire list. I guess what I am trying to do is a bit like an automated “Find and Replace” where the entire text of list A is compared to the entire text of list B.
Sample.
List A
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 6
line 7
line 8
List B
Other Text 1
Other Text 2
Other Text 3
Other Text 4
line 1
Other Text 5
line 2
Other Text 6
line 3
Other Text 7
Other Text 8
line 4
Other Text 9
What I am trying to achieve would be an output of …
List C
Other Text 1
Other Text 2
Other Text 3
Other Text 4
Other Text 5
Other Text 6
Other Text 7
Other Text 8
Other Text 9
So List A is subtracted from List B to give me List C.
Can anyone help me please ?
You will have to forgive me as I am a bit of an idiot as I can’t seem to do the simplest things sometimes !
I am trying to use your software to compare two text lists and subtract one from the other.
I managed to work out that if I used the “Show Same” view then delete the displayed lines that does work….a bit.
However what I am trying to do is simply remove the same words or lines that are on list A from list B.
Your program seems to only check for lines that are in a similar position and not search throughout the entire list. I guess what I am trying to do is a bit like an automated “Find and Replace” where the entire text of list A is compared to the entire text of list B.
Sample.
List A
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 6
line 7
line 8
List B
Other Text 1
Other Text 2
Other Text 3
Other Text 4
line 1
Other Text 5
line 2
Other Text 6
line 3
Other Text 7
Other Text 8
line 4
Other Text 9
What I am trying to achieve would be an output of …
List C
Other Text 1
Other Text 2
Other Text 3
Other Text 4
Other Text 5
Other Text 6
Other Text 7
Other Text 8
Other Text 9
So List A is subtracted from List B to give me List C.
Can anyone help me please ?
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