Function compare

src/jupytext/compare.py:31–47

Compare two strings, lists or dict-like objects

(actual, expected, actual_name="actual", expected_name="expected", return_diff=False)

def compare(actual, expected, actual_name="actual", expected_name="expected", return_diff=False):
    """Compare two strings, lists or dict-like objects"""
    if actual != expected:
        diff = difflib.unified_diff(
            _multilines(expected),
            _multilines(actual),
            expected_name,
            actual_name,
            lineterm="",
        )
        if expected_name == "" and actual_name == "":
            diff = list(diff)[2:]
        diff = "\n".join(diff)
        if return_diff:
            return diff
        raise AssertionError("\n" + diff)
    return "" if return_diff else None


def filtered_cell(cell, preserve_outputs, cell_metadata_filter):