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Compare Texts

Compare and analyze text differences

Left Text

Right Text

🔍 How to Use the Rivine Text Compare Tool

Compare two texts side by side to easily spot differences, analyze changes, and merge content effortlessly.

✨ What is the Text Compare Tool?

The Text Compare tool is a powerful utility that allows you to identify and visualize differences between two text documents. Whether you're comparing versions of code, documents, or any text content, it highlights changes at the character, word, or line level to help you understand exactly what's changed.

📦 Key Features

  • Dual Text Editor: Side-by-side text areas for easy comparison of left and right content.
  • Multiple Comparison Modes: Choose between Character by Character, Word by Word, or Line by Line comparison methods.
  • Real-time View: Toggle real-time comparison to see differences as you type.
  • File Upload: Import text files directly into either the left or right editor.
  • Text Merging: Merge changes from one side to the other with dedicated merge buttons.

🔄 Understanding Comparison Modes

Character by Character
The most detailed comparison method, highlighting differences at the individual character level. Perfect for spotting small typos or minor text changes.
Word by Word
Compares text by treating words as units. This mode is ideal for document editing and content revisions where whole words are often added, deleted, or changed.
Line by Line
Compares text line by line, similar to how code diffs work. Best for structured content like code, lists, or any text where line breaks are meaningful.

🚀 How to Compare Texts

Step 1: Add Your Texts
Enter or paste your original text in the left editor and the text you want to compare it with in the right editor. Alternatively, use the Upload buttons to import text files.
Step 2: Select Comparison Mode
Choose whether to compare Character by Character, Word by Word, or Line by Line from the dropdown menu.
Step 3: Toggle Real-time View (Optional)
Enable real-time view if you want differences to be highlighted automatically as you type.
Step 4: Review Differences
Differences will be highlighted with red indicating removed content and green indicating added content. The bottom panel shows a line-by-line comparison for closer inspection.

🔀 Merging Changes

The Text Compare tool allows you to merge changes between the left and right text editors:

  • Merge to Right: Copies content from the left editor to the right editor, overwriting the right text with the left text.
  • Merge to Left: Copies content from the right editor to the left editor, overwriting the left text with the right text.

Example Comparison:

Left Text:

This is an old example text.

Right Text:

This is an updated example text.

In this example, 'old' has been replaced with 'updated', shown with red highlighting for removed content and green for added content.

💡 Pro Tips

  • For code comparison, Line by Line mode typically works best to match how version control systems show differences.
  • When comparing long documents, try Word by Word mode first for a clearer overview of substantial changes.
  • Use the 'Upload' button to quickly compare files from your local system without copy-pasting.
  • For the most accurate comparison when working with formatted text, first strip any formatting by pasting as plain text.

🛠️ Having Trouble?

  • Performance with Large Files: If comparing very large texts causes slowness, try disabling real-time comparison and use manual comparison instead.
  • Formatting Issues: The tool compares plain text only. If formatting appears different, ensure you're pasting as plain text without hidden formatting characters.
  • Character Encoding Problems: If special characters appear differently in the two texts despite being identical, check that both texts use the same character encoding.