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# $EPIC: diff,v 1.4 2002/01/13 00:27:11 anders Exp $
Synopsis:
$diff(<word list 1> / <word list 2>)
Technical:
* There must be a literal slash character ('/') that separates the two
word lists. If it is omitted the empty string is returned.
* It is not required to have spaces on either side of the slash, but it
also does not hurt to have them.
* The return value is a word list comprised of the negated set-difference
of <word list 1> and <word list 2>, that is to say:
* The return value is a word list of all words that are in ONE BUT NOT BOTH
of the word lists.
* All extra whitespace around words will be lost.
* Double quoted words are honored, but the double quotes will be lost
in the return value.
Practical:
Use this function if you need to find the un-common elements of two
different word lists.
Returns:
All words that are in either <word list 1> or <word list 2> but not both.
Examples:
$diff(one two three / two three four) returns "one four"
$diff(one two / three four) returns "one two three four"
See Also:
common(6); remws(6); uniq(6)