README.md

Javascript-lcs

String comparison in Javascript. This Javascript library uses longest string subsequence algorithm to do string comparison.

Clone with git:

git clone git://github.com/sp4ce/javascript-lcs
cd javascript-lcs

Code sample:

<!-- Include the library in your html source -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="javascript-lcs.js"></script>

// Call the comparison and get the result matrix.
var result = lcs.compare(reference, input);

// Run throught the result and read the result
lcs.run(result, 0, 0, function(i, j) {
  if (result[i][j].status == lcs.DELETION) {
    console.log('Missing a caracter at index ' + j + '.');
  } else if (result[i][j].status == lcs.INSERTION) {
    console.log('Extra caracter at index ' + j + '.');
  }
});

Example:

Open example.html in your browser, enter a string in reference and input fields and press okbutton. It will display the matrix and highlight in red the path followed by the algorithm and display the detected errors.