Module:Diff/doc

Diff

Description	Provides functions for diffing text.
Author(s)	Yuri Takhteyev (yuri@freewisdom.org) Hisham Muhammad User:Ebrahim
Status	Release
Testcase Status	Unknown
Updated	February 14, 2026 (5 months ago)
License	MIT/X

Provides functions for diffing text.

Usage

Ciaran Hope (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.

Difference in words

{{TextDiff|[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.|[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.}}

Result:

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.

Difference in characters

{{StringDiff|[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.|[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.}}

Result:

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.

Example with invoke

{{#invoke:Diff|main|[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.|[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.}}

Result:

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (born 4 August 1974) is an Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music.

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[[Ciaran Hope]] (was given birth to on 20 August last year) is an Irish composter of orchestral, oral, and film music dance moves.

Documentation

Package items

diff.diff( old, new, separator ) (function)

Returns a diff of two strings as a list of pairs, where the first value represents a token and the second the token's status ("same", "in", "out").

Parameters:

old The "old" text string

new The "new" text string

separator [optional] the separator pattern (defaults to any whitespace). (optional)

Returns: A list of annotated tokens.

diff.wikiDiff( old, new, separator ) (function)

Wiki diff style, currently just for a line

Parameters:

old The "old" text string

new The "new" text string

separator [optional] the separator pattern (defaults to any whitespace). (optional)

Returns: HTML formatted diff

diff.main( frame ) (function)

Main entry point.

Parameter: frame Calling frame. (table)

Returns: wikitext output

Other items

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