Re: Compare and dump difference between two large structures

Sorry somehow hit send...

That should have read

For reference, I'm testing a modified version of a program that replaces
fix character variables and a whole bunch a %TRIM()s with varying character
field processing.
My manual method involved getting the RPG dump and moving the before &
after DSs to two separate text files then comparing with notepad++. That
allowed me to find two characters that were different. Further testing
will determine if the original program had "bugs", or if my modified
version does. :)

Thanks!
Charles

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

All,

I've got a before & after version of a large data structure (195,351
bytes).

While it's easy to check if they are the same. When they are not, finding
where the difference is is troublesome.

Before I start coding my own byte level comparison that dumps out a few
characters before & after a difference...I thought I'd check to see if
anybody already had a good method.

For reference, I'm testing a modified version of a promy manual method
involved getting the RPG dump and moving the before & after DSs to two
separate text files then comparing with notepad++. That allowed me to find
two characters that where different.