Defines in BC text comparison?

[TLX]

Hi,

is there a way to use the information of previous defines in a text file, e. g.

FIRST FILE:

Define ipDriveReady = IN0
...
if (ipDriveReady) then
...

SECOND FILE
...
if (IN0) then
...


Actually, both files are equal, but text comparison shows of course a difference.

Regards,

Max

[Aaron]

Hello,

BC4 does not support scanning a file for a "DEFINE" statement within the text file and then treating the definition as equal text. Beyond Compare 3/4 Pro does have a feature called Text Replacements, where you could define a rule such as "ipDriveReady" = "IN0", but this definition done manually by the user and not by scanning the file. Text Replacements are found in the Text Compare's Session Settings dialog, Replacements tab; and child session settings can be applied to a parent Folder Compare. If you think this might work for you and would like more details or need help setting this up, just let us know.

[TLX]

Hallo Aaron,

thank you. This seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

But I have another question regarding text replacements: having the two replacements "Sub"->"#" and "()"->" " (unfortunately, BC does not allow an empty string here), I would expect the following lines to be equal:

LEFT SIDE: Sub repos_m()
RIGHT SIDE: #repos_m

But the empty brakes are still marked as a difference. What can I change to make it completely equal?

Regards,

Max

[Aaron]

Hello,

A Text Replacement does not support matching on blank. For this type of replacement, maybe a RegEx like:
Sub (.*)\(\)
=
#$1