1 2Array::Compare 3-------------- 4 5NAME 6 7 Array::Compare 8 9DESCRIPTION 10 11WHAT IS Array::Compare? 12 13 Array::Compare is a Perl module which allows you to compare two arrays. 14 15 It has a number of features which allow you to control the way that the 16 arrays are compared: 17 18 * white space in array elements can be significant or ignored. 19 * particular columns in the arrays can be ignored. 20 21 Additionally you can get a simple true/false return value or the number 22 of columns which differ or an array containing the indexes of the 23 differing columns. 24 25HOW DO I INSTALL IT? 26 27 Array::Compare uses the standard Perl module architecture and can 28 therefore by installed using the standard Perl method, that is, 29 30 cpanm Array::Compare 31 32 or 33 34 cpan Array::Compare 35 36 (possibly with sudo in front). 37 38 You can always download it from CPAN or Github, and then... 39 40 gzip -cd Array-Compare-X.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf - 41 cd Array-Compare-X.XX 42 perl Makefile.PL 43 make 44 make test 45 make install 46 47 Where X.XX is the version number of the module which you are installing. 48 49 If this doesn't work for you then creating a directory called Array 50 somewhere in your Perl library path (@INC) and copying the Compare.pm 51 file into this directory should also do the trick. 52 53WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION? 54 55 All of the documentation is currently in POD format in the Compare.pm 56 file. If you install the module using the standard method you should be 57 able to read it by typing 58 59 perldoc Array::Compare 60 61 at a comand prompt. 62 63LATEST VERSION 64 65 The latest version of this module will always be available from CPAN. 66 67COPYRIGHT 68 69 Copyright (C) 2003-19, Magnum Solutions Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 70 71 This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 72 under the same terms as Perl itself. 73 74ANYTHING ELSE? 75 76 If you have any further questions, please contact the author. 77 78AUTHOR 79 80 Dave Cross <dave@mag-sol.com> 81 82