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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions Doc/library/difflib.rst
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expressed in the ISO 8601 format. If not specified, the
strings default to blanks.

>>> import sys
>>> from difflib import *
>>> s1 = ['bacon\n', 'eggs\n', 'ham\n', 'guido\n']
>>> s2 = ['python\n', 'eggy\n', 'hamster\n', 'guido\n']
>>> sys.stdout.writelines(context_diff(s1, s2, fromfile='before.py', tofile='after.py'))
>>> sys.stdout.writelines(context_diff(s1, s2, fromfile='before.py',
... tofile='after.py'))
*** before.py
--- after.py
***************
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For inputs that do not have trailing newlines, set the *lineterm* argument to
``""`` so that the output will be uniformly newline free.

The context diff format normally has a header for filenames and modification
The unified diff format normally has a header for filenames and modification
times. Any or all of these may be specified using strings for *fromfile*,
*tofile*, *fromfiledate*, and *tofiledate*. The modification times are normally
expressed in the ISO 8601 format. If not specified, the
strings default to blanks.


>>> s1 = ['bacon\n', 'eggs\n', 'ham\n', 'guido\n']
>>> s2 = ['python\n', 'eggy\n', 'hamster\n', 'guido\n']
>>> sys.stdout.writelines(unified_diff(s1, s2, fromfile='before.py', tofile='after.py'))
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